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The current study sought to investigate differences in parenting capacity variables across four disease groups. Parents (N = 425), the majority of whom were mothers, of children with either cancer, asthma, Type 1 diabetes, or cystic fibrosis, completed measures of parental overprotection, perceived child vulnerability, and parenting stress. After controlling for significant demographic variables, parents of children with cystic fibrosis and asthma reported higher perceived child vulnerability than parents of children with either diabetes or cancer, while parents of children with asthma and diabetes reported higher parenting stress than parents of children with cancer or cystic fibrosis. No differences between disease groups were found for parental overprotection. The current study provides support for an illness-specific approach to understanding parenting capacity variables in the context of childhood chronic illnesses.
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Hullmann, S.E., Wolfe-Christensen, C., Ryan, J.L. et al. Parental Overprotection, Perceived Child Vulnerability, and Parenting Stress: A Cross-Illness Comparison. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 17, 357–365 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-010-9213-4
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