A social support intervention for parents of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: Results of a randomized trial

Henry T. Ireys; Edward M. Sills; Kenneth B. Kolodner; Beverly B. Walsh

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/21.5.633

A social support intervention for parents of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: Results of a randomized trial

Henry T. Ireys, Edward M. Sills, Kenneth B. Kolodner, Beverly B. Walsh

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Abstract

Evaluated a 15-month social support intervention for mothers of children with JRA. Five mentors (mothers of young adults who have had JRA since childhood) were linked to mothers of children with JRA ages 2 to 11 for purposes of enhancing specific types of social support and overall mental health. The total number of reported mental health symptoms decreased in the experimental group and remained the same in the control group. The experimental group showed greater improvement on all indices of support relative to the control group. Trends in the data consistently favored the experimental group, but differences between the experimental and control group were statistically significant on few of the outcome measures. Results provide tentative evidence for positive effects of mentoring interventions far this population of parents.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	633-641
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of pediatric psychology
Volume	21
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/21.5.633
State	Published - Oct 1996

Keywords

JRA
family support program
mental health
mentoring
randomized trial
social support

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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