Code
3F024215
Duration
01 October 2015 → 30 September 2019
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Biological and physiological psychology
- Clinical and counseling psychology
- Developmental psychology and ageing
- General psychology
- Other psychology and cognitive sciences
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Medical and health sciences
- Psychiatry and psychotherapy
- Psychiatry and psychotherapy
- Nursing
- Other paramedical sciences
- Psychiatry and psychotherapy
Keywords
illness
parents
health psychology
child
Project description
Parents of a child with diabetes have a burdensoms responsibility for diabetes management. The project aims at investigating (a) the impact of parental fears upon child outcomes and the possible bidirectional relationships, (b) the mediating role of parental behaviour in the impact of parental fears upon child outcomes and (c) resilience mechanisms buffering against the negative impact of parental fears.