The current study examined the joint effects of stress, social support, and self-esteem on
adjustment to university. First-year undergraduate students (N= 115) were assessed during the …

We investigated the contributions of stressful life events and resources (social support and
social problem‐solving skills) to predicting changes in children's adjustment. At Time 1, 361 …

Objectives. More than 85% of children born today with chronic medical conditions will live to
adulthood, and many should transfer from pediatric to adult health care. The numbers of …

Although the primary responsibility for discussion of sexuality and reproductive issues
should fall to the primary care physician, the cardiologist may have more frequent visits with …

Resilience is relevant to nurses because of its implications for health. Research on the
resilience of children and adolescents hasproliferated over the past five years. However, the …

Our knowledge of the prevalence and sources of pain within hospital is limited. The present
study is an epidemiological investigation of pain in a pediatric hospital. All children who …

Objective: To evaluate the potential utility of a dual energy CT (DECT) scan in assessing urate
deposits among patients with tophaceous gout, and obtain computerised quantification of …

A new measure of coping, the Pain Coping Questionnaire (PCQ), is presented and validated
in two studies of children and adolescents. Factor analyses of data from healthy children …

Objective: Parents are often the primary source of information regarding their children's pain
in both research and clinical practice. However, parent-child agreement on pain ratings has …

Parents are now primarily responsible for the at home assessment and treatment of their
children's pain following minor surgery. Although some research has suggested that parents …