Psychological Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Illness: The Role of Depression, Nonproductive Thoughts, and Problematic Internet Use.
Theoretical background: The study of psychological well-being in children and adolescents living with chronic illness is of particular relevance, as the physical and psychosocial aspects of the illness can have a significant impact on their quality of life. Previous research has highlighted that dep...
| Publicado en: | Children Vol. 12; no. 5; pp. 657 - 674 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=185544776&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 185544776 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 22279067 LW6K jtl: Children issn: 22279067 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2025 vid: 12 iid: 5 pid: 97109 pub: MDPI artinfo: ui: 185544776 185544776 185544776 10.3390/children12050657 185544776 ppf: 657 ppct: 17 formats: tig: atl: Psychological Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Illness: The Role of Depression, Nonproductive Thoughts, and Problematic Internet Use. aug: au: Kovács, Karolina Eszter Boris, Péter Nagy, Beáta Erika affil: Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary sug: subj: Psychological Well-Being Personal Satisfaction Chronic Disease Depression In Adolescence Thinking In Adolescence Internet Addiction In Adolescence Depression In Infancy and Childhood Internet Addiction In Infancy and Childhood Thinking In Infancy and Childhood Attitude to Illness Economic Aspects of Illness Human Child Adolescence Male Female Cross Sectional Studies Gastroenterology Care Pulmonary Medicine Oncology Hematology Rehabilitation, Pediatric Psychological Techniques Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Cluster Analysis Quality of Life Psychological Distress Descriptive Statistics Sociodemographic Factors Questionnaires Summated Rating Scaling Coefficient alpha Scales Data Analysis Software Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Theoretical background: The study of psychological well-being in children and adolescents living with chronic illness is of particular relevance, as the physical and psychosocial aspects of the illness can have a significant impact on their quality of life. Previous research has highlighted that depression, nonproductive thoughts and various aspects of problematic internet use may be related to life satisfaction and ways of coping with illness. This study aims to examine how depression, nonproductive thoughts, and problematic internet use interact with illness perception and burden to affect psychological well-being and life satisfaction. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 207 chronically ill children aged 10–18 years. The children, aged between 10 and 18 years old, attended regular check-ups in different specialities (gastroenterology, pulmonology, onco-haematology, and paediatric rehabilitation). A cross-sectional study was carried out using psychological instruments to measure life satisfaction (SWLS), nonproductive thoughts (NPG-K), problematic internet use (PIU-Q), illness perception (PRISM) and illness burden (PRISM-D, IIRS), and depression (BDI-R). Spearman rank correlation analysis was used to explore the associations between variables. Results: Life satisfaction was negatively related to nonproductive thoughts (r = −0.28, p < 0.001), internet obsession (r = −0.20, p < 0.01), and internet neglect (r = −0.20, p = 0.004). Conversely, a positive correlation was found with the PRISM (r = 0.14, p = 0.042), suggesting that less dominance of illness detection is associated with higher life satisfaction. Depression and nonproductive thoughts showed a strong positive relationship (r = 0.49, p < 0.001), and depression and problematic internet use also showed significant correlations for the obsession, neglect and control subscales (r = 0.23–0.29, all p < 0.001). Cluster analysis identified three psychological profiles: 'positive fighters', 'avoidant sufferers', and 'negative observers', distinguished by differences in depression, nonproductive thoughts, illness burden, and well-being. Conclusions: The results suggest that the quality of life of children and adolescents with chronic illness is significantly affected by mental health factors, particularly depression, nonproductive thoughts and problematic internet use. Illness perception and illness-related distress also play a key role in shaping life satisfaction and overall psychosocial well-being. These findings underscore the need for targeted psychological interventions in pediatric chronic care to enhance well-being and promote adaptive coping and suggest that psychological interventions and targeted psychosocial support can significantly improve these children's quality of life. Further research is needed to explore intervention options and to develop optimal support strategies. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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