The (parental) whole is greater than the sum of its parts: A multifactorial model of parent factors in pediatric chronic pain

Parents are important influencers of symptoms and functioning in youth with chronic pain.37 A number of parental factors are associated with child pain and functioning, including responses to child pain (e.g., protectiveness),10, 33 psychological functioning (e.g., anxiety),4, 34 and chronic pain history.4, 7, 22, 40 However, these parental factors typically have been evaluated as separate domains with few studies examining their interrelations.28, 30, 37, 45, 46, 56 Understanding the extent to which parental factors are interrelated, and exhibit differential associations with child adjustment to chronic pain may help improve interventions for parents of youth with chronic pain.

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