@article{ref1,
title="A Biopsychosocial Approach to Asthma in Adolescents Encountering Child Protective Services",
journal="Journal of pediatric psychology",
year="2011",
author="Woods, Sarah B. and McWey, Lenore M.",
volume="37",
number="4",
pages="404-413",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To further test the validity of the Biobehavioral Family Model (BBFM), a biopsychosocial approach to explaining the effects of family processes on illness, by testing the model with adolescents with asthma involved in child protective services (CPS), a sample for whom the model's constructs are highly relevant. METHODS: Data are from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, CPS sample (n = 5,501). Adolescents with asthma (n = 101, ages 11-15 years) self-reported their negative family emotional climate (NFEC; caregiver psychological aggression and caregiver relationship quality), caregiver-adolescent relational security, and depressive symptoms. Caregivers rated adolescent health quality. Models were tested using path analyses and bootstrapping. RESULTS: Path analyses and bootstrapping results demonstrate support for the BBFM in explaining health quality for this sample. CONCLUSIONS: Applying the BBFM to families involved with CPS demonstrates pathways by which family processes affect health quality of adolescents with asthma, underscoring the need for biopsychosocial assessments and services.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-8693",
doi="10.1093/jpepsy/jsr104",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsr104"
}