The role of acceptance in psychological functioning in adolescents with cystic fibrosis: A preliminary study

Authors: Casier, A.¹; Goubert, L.¹; Huse, D.²; Theunis, M.³; Franckx, H.²; Robberecht, E.³; Matthys, D.³; Crombez, G.¹

Source: Psychology and Health, Volume 23, Number 5, July 2008 , pp. 629-638(10)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This study explored the role of acceptance in accounting for the heterogeneity in psychological functioning in adolescents suffering from cystic fibrosis. Thirty-four adolescents completed a battery of questionnaires assessing acceptance, anxiety, depression, and disability. Regression analyses revealed that acceptance had a significant and unique contribution in explaining adolescents' anxiety, depression, and disability beyond the effects of demographic variables and parameters of disease severity. Forced expiratory volume, a parameter of disease severity, had a unique contribution in explaining disability, but not in explaining anxiety and depression. Our results support the idea that accepting the limitations imposed by a chronic disease and readjusting life goals has a positive effect upon psychological functioning in adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Acceptance-based therapies might prove useful in promoting well-being in adolescents with cystic fibrosis.

Keywords: cystic fibrosis; acceptance; psychological functioning

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870440802040269

Affiliations: 1: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000 Belgium 2: CF-Rehabilitation Centre, De Haan, Belgium 3: University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Publication date: 2008-07-01