The relationship between parental attitudes and behaviours in the context of paediatric XXXX .

@entity1 @entity1118 @entity158
BACKGROUND: Within the context of paediatric @entity1118 , parental attitudes are of particular importance given that they have the potential to impact on how parents respond to their @entity1 . The current study was designed to assess whether parental attitudes, such as parental confidence and beliefs in their @entity1 's ability to function in spite of @entity158 , and parental catastrophising about their @entity1 's @entity158 , are associated with parental @entity158 -related behaviours known to be associated with poor @entity1 outcomes, such as protectiveness and high levels of monitoring. METHODS: @entity1 were 138 @entity1 -parent dyads recruited from a tertiary @entity1118 clinic. @entity1 were aged 8- to 17-years. Prior to the initial clinic appointment, parents completed validated measures of parental @entity158 catastrophising and parental responses to their @entity1 's @entity158 . @entity1 completed measures of functional disability and @entity158 intensity. RESULTS: Parents who reported lower confidence in their @entity1 's ability to cope with the @entity158 engaged in significantly more protective, monitoring and distracting behaviours, even when controlling for the @entity1 's recent level of functioning. They also took more days off work due to their @entity1 's @entity158 . Parents who catastrophised more about their @entity1 's @entity158 engaged in significantly more protective and monitoring behaviours, even when controlling for the @entity1 's recent level of functioning. CONCLUSIONS: Parental behaviours in response to their @entity1 's @entity158 are significantly related to parental confidence in their @entity1 's coping and parental @entity158 -related catastrophising. Clinical interventions may benefit from addressing parental attitudes, especially their confidence in their @entity1 's ability to function.
