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. 2014 Oct;61(10):1822-7.
doi: 10.1002/pbc.25141. Epub 2014 Jun 29.

Associations among emergency room visits, parenting styles, and psychopathology among pediatric patients with sickle cell

Robert D Latzman  1 , Yuri Shishido, Natasha E Latzman, T David Elkin, Suvankar Majumdar
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Associations among emergency room visits, parenting styles, and psychopathology among pediatric patients with sickle cell

Robert D Latzman et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

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Results: ER visits were found to significantly explain Withdrawn/Depressed problems and parenting styles were found to incrementally contribute to the explanation of all forms of psychopathology.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.

Keywords: healthcare utilization; parenting; psychopathology; sickle cell disease.

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Conflict of interest: Nothing to declare.

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Interaction between Permissive parenting style and the frequency of ER visits: associations with Rule-Breaking Behaviors. High and low values correspond to +1.0 and −1.0 SD from the mean, respectively.
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