The relationship between child and parent health anxiety and associated constructs in children and adolescents with congenital heart defects

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dc.contributor.authorLlewelyn-Williams, Jessica
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-25T20:05:02Z
dc.date.available2018-05-25T20:05:02Z
dc.date.issued2017-04
dc.descriptionA Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology, University of Regina. 69 p.en_US
dc.description.abstractHealth anxiety refers to worries about one’s health, often based on the worry that changes in bodily sensations are indicative of a serious illness. It was originally thought that health anxiety originated in adulthood, however a limited body of research has suggested the origin is likely much earlier. Little is known about the etiology or the experience of health anxiety in specialized child health populations. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between self-reported health anxiety and associated constructs (i.e., intolerance of uncertainty, anxiety sensitivity, DSM-IV anxiety disorder symptom categories) in children and adolescents with congenital heart defects (CHD) and that of one of their parents. We hypothesized that there would be a significant positive relationship between child health anxiety, parent health anxiety, and the associated constructs. Twenty-one children with CHD, ages 7 to 15 years (mean age = 11. 67, SD = 2.57) and 21 parents completed a battery of measures designed to assess health anxiety and associated constructs. Results demonstrated a trend toward a significant negative association between parent health anxiety and child health anxiety. A significant negative association was observed between an aspect of child health anxiety (i.e., CIAS treatment experiences subscale) and parent health anxiety. Significant positive associations were observed between child health anxiety and associated constructs and a similar pattern was observed within parent measures. This is the first study of its kind to examine the parental transmission of health anxiety within a medical population. The knowledge obtained from this study can facilitate an increase in our understanding of the psychological needs and possibly shed some light on the etiology of health anxiety within children with CHD.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusStudenten_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/8323
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Arts, University of Regina
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectCongenital heart diseaseen_US
dc.subjectHealth anxietyen_US
dc.subjectPsychology, Pathologicalen_US
dc.subjectParent psychopathologyen_US
dc.titleThe relationship between child and parent health anxiety and associated constructs in children and adolescents with congenital heart defectsen_US
dc.title.alternativeChild and parent health anxietyen_US
dc.typeUndergraduate Honours Thesisen_US
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