Parent-Child Communication and Self-Efficacy Among Families of Children with Sickle Cell Disease

Abstract

This study examined how parent factors (education and income), child factors (age and sickle cell disease severity), and parent and child self-efficacy ratings related to parent-child communication and Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). In this cross-sectional study, 10 Black adolescents (ages 10 to 17 years) with SCD and one of their parents each completed a battery of measures related to SCD pain, communication, and self-efficacy. The results suggest that family income and parent education are associated with child-rated parent-child communication, and parent-rated parent-child communication is associated with parent self-efficacy ratings.