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The purpose of this study was to determine whether young people with Juvenile Chronic Arthritis (JCA) differ from matched healthy controls on standardised measures of psychosocial functioning. The study group, comprised 43 young people with JCA (age range 4 - 18 yrs). The control group comprised 644 young people, who provided normative data for an Irish population. Assessment instruments included the Child Behaviour Checklist (Achenbach & Edelbrock) and the Youth Self Report for those aged 12 - 18 yrs.
Children (aged 4 - 11) with JCA scored significantly lower than healthy controls on measures of competence, and significantly higher for internalizing problems, withdrawn behaviour, attention problems and total problems. Adolescents (aged 12 - 18) with JCA did not differ from healthy controls on the above measures, whether rated by their parents or by themselves.
Results suggest that age is an important factor in successful psychosocial functioning in JCA.
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Fitzpatrick, C., Monaghan, H. & Deehan, A. 383 PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING IN JUVENILE CHRONIC ARTHRITIS. Pediatr Res 36, 66 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199407000-00383
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