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Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study

BACKGROUND: A growing body of research suggests that the children of parents with chronic pain are at risk for internalizing symptoms. The mechanisms of such associations have not been as thoroughly examined. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether adolescents’ social competence medi...

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Autores principales: Kaasbøll, Jannike, Lydersen, Stian, Ranøyen, Ingunn, Nilsen, Wendy, Indredavik, Marit S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30538531
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S173787
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author Kaasbøll, Jannike
Lydersen, Stian
Ranøyen, Ingunn
Nilsen, Wendy
Indredavik, Marit S
author_facet Kaasbøll, Jannike
Lydersen, Stian
Ranøyen, Ingunn
Nilsen, Wendy
Indredavik, Marit S
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description BACKGROUND: A growing body of research suggests that the children of parents with chronic pain are at risk for internalizing symptoms. The mechanisms of such associations have not been as thoroughly examined. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether adolescents’ social competence mediates the association between parental chronic pain and offspring internalizing symptoms as well as whether these associations are moderated by adolescent gender. METHODS: The current study was based on cross-sectional data from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT 3), a Norwegian population-based health survey conducted in 2006–2008. The present sample comprised adolescents who had both parents participating (n=9,681). Structural equation modeling was used for the data analysis. RESULTS: Our results indicated that the association between concurrent maternal and paternal chronic pain and offspring’s symptoms of anxiety and depression was partly mediated by low social competence for girls (b(SE)=0.060 [0.030], P=0.043) but not for boys (b(SE)=−0.059 [0.040], P=0.146). This suggests that these associations are moderated by offspring gender. CONCLUSION: The study extends the existing literature on the possible pathways between parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in the offspring. Identifying protective factors in the pathways between parental chronic pain and mental distress in children could guide measures that promote the wellbeing of the child and family of chronic pain sufferers.
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spelling pubmed-62549842018-12-11 Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study Kaasbøll, Jannike Lydersen, Stian Ranøyen, Ingunn Nilsen, Wendy Indredavik, Marit S J Pain Res Original Research BACKGROUND: A growing body of research suggests that the children of parents with chronic pain are at risk for internalizing symptoms. The mechanisms of such associations have not been as thoroughly examined. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether adolescents’ social competence mediates the association between parental chronic pain and offspring internalizing symptoms as well as whether these associations are moderated by adolescent gender. METHODS: The current study was based on cross-sectional data from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT 3), a Norwegian population-based health survey conducted in 2006–2008. The present sample comprised adolescents who had both parents participating (n=9,681). Structural equation modeling was used for the data analysis. RESULTS: Our results indicated that the association between concurrent maternal and paternal chronic pain and offspring’s symptoms of anxiety and depression was partly mediated by low social competence for girls (b(SE)=0.060 [0.030], P=0.043) but not for boys (b(SE)=−0.059 [0.040], P=0.146). This suggests that these associations are moderated by offspring gender. CONCLUSION: The study extends the existing literature on the possible pathways between parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in the offspring. Identifying protective factors in the pathways between parental chronic pain and mental distress in children could guide measures that promote the wellbeing of the child and family of chronic pain sufferers. Dove Medical Press 2018-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6254984/ /pubmed/30538531 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S173787 Text en © 2018 Kaasbøll et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Kaasbøll, Jannike
Lydersen, Stian
Ranøyen, Ingunn
Nilsen, Wendy
Indredavik, Marit S
Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study
title Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study
title_full Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study
title_fullStr Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study
title_full_unstemmed Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study
title_short Parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the HUNT study
title_sort parental chronic pain and internalizing symptoms in offspring: the role of adolescents’ social competence – the hunt study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30538531
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S173787
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