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Behavioral
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Behavioral
Health Research Lab Department of Psychology Oklahoma State University |
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Current
Projects
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Pediatric Rheumatic Disease Projects (1) Transactional stress and
coping in families with juvenile rheumatic diseases:
This project involves several
independent, but related studies examining the transactional processes
in families coping with a juvenile rheumatic disease, and how those
processes affect long-term adjustment in children, parents, and
siblings. Prior research in this area has supported Thompson's (1985)
transactional stress and coping model as it applies to the study of
chronic illness in both adult and pediatric populations. Two current
studies are independently examining how parental distress influences
child adjustment utilizing variables such as illness intrusiveness and
illness uncertainty. (2) Psychological comorbidity
in families and children with juvenile rheumatic diseases: A
cross-cultural comparison:
This project was desigined to
examine how cultural differences inform long-term psychological
adjustment to juvenile rheumatic diseases in affected families and
children. Jarvis and Solomon (1998) demonstrated physiological (i.e.,
genetic) differences in Caucasian and American Indian children with
Juvenile rheumatic diseases. The present study seeks to determine
psychological differences in these diverse populations, and other ethnic
populations such as African Americans. It is anticipated that the
results of this investigation will add to the overall understanding of
cultural influences to psychological adjustment in pediatric chronic
illnesses, particularly juvenile rheumatic diseases. (3) The role of cognitive appraisal mechanisms in adjustment to JRA:
This project involves examination of several different child cognitive variables, including illness percieved control and attributional style. This study conceptualizes the relationship of these variables to depression as fitting the diathesis-stress model of depression in children, which has recieved support in the extant literature (Dixon & Ahrens, 1992).
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