In this article, a biopsychosocial model of adolescent development is used as an organizing
framework for a review of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention research with …

Objective: The aim of this study was to use meta-analytic techniques to compare self-
concept between children and adolescents (abbreviated to youth) with a chronic illness …

Adherence improvement strategies can be broadly classified as educational, organizational,
and behavioral (Dunbar, Marshall, & Hovell, 1979). Educational strategies primarily rely on …

This study is a meta-analytic review of the behavioral adjustment of children and
adolescents with asthma. Of 78 studies initially reviewed, 26 studies (encompassing 28 data …

Behavioural, cognitive, and affective aspects of social functioning of 107 children with a
chronic illness were studied. The aim of the study was twofold:(1) to describe peer …

Background During the last 30 years, several studies have indicated that children with
disabilities are at increased risk for emotional and behavioral morbidity. Population-based …

An exploratory, qualitative study with tenets from grounded theory was used to elicit detailed
descriptions of adolescents' chronic illness experiences. The philosophy of symbolic …

BACKGROUND: Negative affect including depression is known to be associated with
asthma control, but whether and how it influences control in children with asthma is not …

Adherence to asthma medication regimens by asthma patients is often poor and contributes
to the continued and substantial burden of asthma in the community. There is evidence of …

Background Asthma prevalence rates are high, and may be increasing in the Western world,
particularly among children. The aim of this study was to evaluate the longer‐term social and …