Journal of pediatric psychology
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Review Meta Analysis
Systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological therapies for children with chronic pain.
This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the effects of psychological therapies for management of chronic pain in children. ⋯ Evidence for psychological therapies treating chronic pain is promising. Recommendations for clinical practice and research are presented.
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Children with leukemia frequently undergo invasive medical procedures, such as lumbar punctures (LPs) and bone marrow aspirations (BMAs). To date, cross-sectional evidence indicates that LP/BMA procedures continue to elicit distress over the course of treatment in children and parents. ⋯ These findings stress the importance of targeting child and parent distress as early as possible in treatment.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The effects of mindful attention and state mindfulness on acute experimental pain among adolescents.
Attention-based coping strategies for pain are widely used in pediatric populations. The purpose of this study was to test a novel mindful attention manipulation on adolescent's experimental pain responses. Furthermore, the relationship between state mindfulness and experimental pain was examined. ⋯ The mindful attention manipulation was effective among adolescents with a regular meditation practice. State mindfulness was related to ameliorated pain responses, and these effects were mediated by reduced catastrophizing.
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To examine associations between parental history of pain and catastrophizing and their adolescent's pain, somatic symptoms, catastrophizing, and disability. ⋯ Parent history of pain and pain-related cognitions may contribute to adolescent risk for chronic pain.
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To examine "miscarried helping" as a maladaptive dyadic process in families of youth with chronic pain using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. ⋯ Higher perceptions of miscarried helping contribute to worse family functioning and may be a useful target for psychological intervention in parents of children with chronic pain. Parents who exhibit more protective responses to pain and youth with more depressive symptoms may be at increased risk for a miscarried helping process to develop.