Maternal attributions for the causes and remedies of their children's abdominal pain
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OBJECTIVE: To examine mothers' attributions for the causes and remedies of their children's abdominal pain, specifically whether attributions differed according to child diagnosis, reflected a dualistic or multidimensional view of pain, and changed following medical evaluation. METHODS: Mothers of children whose medical evaluation indicated peptic disease (n = 55) or unexplained pain without identifiable organic disease (n = 98) participated in telephone interviews prior to their children's medical evaluations and one year later. RESULTS: About half of the mothers in each group endorsed both psychosocial and physical factors as important in the etiology of their children's abdominal pain. Following medical evaluation, mothers in both groups tended to maintain their attributions regarding the importance of psychosocial factors. CONCLUSIONS: Many mothers acknowledged the contribution of psychosocial factors to their children's abdominal pain. They may be receptive to behavioral interventions if physicians present these remedies as an integral component of treatment.
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Children's beliefs about their symptoms and the acceptability of interventions matter because they can predict whether a child will receive and benefit from treatment.
“Child beliefs about the nature of their symptoms and the acceptability of interventions are also important because they may predict whether a child will receive and benefit from treatment.12,13”
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The Discussion (pp. 8–9) says mothers’ beliefs about their children’s pain may help clinicians offer acceptable treatments and may affect families’ receptiveness to referrals. The claim instead concerns children’s own beliefs, and the paper does not establish that those beliefs predict treatment receipt or benefit. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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- Authors
- Claar, R.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Claar, R.
- Venue
- Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1999-08-01
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 345-354
- ISSN
- 0146-8693 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-735X
- PMC
- PMC3240944
- OpenAlex
- W2110223206
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Pediatric Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD023264, HD23264)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Keywords
- abdominal pain, children, illness beliefs, psychosocial factors, physical factors, peptic disease, unexplained abdominal pain, medical assessment, behavioral interventions
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Attitude to Health, Child, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Mothers, Abdominal Pain, Chi-Square Distribution
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