Parenting Attitude, Family Resources and Children's Social Adjustment in School-Age Children with Asthma

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Thursday, 20 July 2006

This presentation is part of : Issues in Child and Adolescent Health

Yu-Shiu Liu, BS, Pei-Fan Mu, PhD, RN, and Mei-Ling Juan, BS. Institute of Clinical Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Learning Objective #1: The learner will be able to identify the effect of the child's sex, child's grade level and severity of asthma on children's social adjustment.
Learning Objective #2: The learner will be able to identify the relationship between parenting attitude, family resources and children's social adjustment.

A descriptive correlational study was designed to examine the relationships between parenting attitude, family resources and children’s social adjustment in school-age children with asthma. A total of 208 families whose children with asthma were recruited from a medical center in Taiwan. A pilot study established the reliability and validity of the Chinese language version of the children’s social adjustment scale (Child and Adolescent Adjustment Profile; Ellsworth & Ellsworth, 1981). Results showed that parenting attitude and family resources were positively associated with children’s social adjustment. Stepwise regression analysis demonstrated that parenting attitude, family resources and male children were predictors of children’s social adjustment which explained 10.5% of the total variance of children’s social adjustment. The results provide a scientific knowledge of the factors affecting on socialization of school-age children with asthma as well as suggest ways to improve family-centered nursing interventions and thereby improve children’s normal development.

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