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Associations among emergency room visits, parenting styles, and psychopathology among pediatric patients with sickle cell
Latzman, R. D., Shishido, Y., Latzman, N. E., Elkin, T. D., & Majumdar, S. (2014). Associations among emergency room visits, parenting styles, and psychopathology among pediatric patients with sickle cell. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 61(10), 1822-1827. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.25141, https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.25141
Background: To examine associations between frequency of emergency room (ER) visits and various parenting styles, both conjointly and interactively, and psychopathological outcomes among pediatric patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
Procedures: Ninety-eight parents/caregivers of 6- to 18-year-old patients with SCD completed instruments assessing parenting style, child psychopathology, and reported on the frequency of ER visits during the previous year.
Results: ER visits were found to significantly explain Withdrawn/Depressed problems and parenting styles were found to incrementally contribute to the explanation of all forms of psychopathology. Further, Permissive parenting was found to explain Rule Breaking Behavior for those patients with low ER visit frequency but not for those with high ER visit frequency.
Conclusions: Results of the current study confirm the importance of considering both the frequency of ER visits and parenting style in the explanation of psychopathology among pediatric patients with SCD. Results have important implications for both research and treatment.