Milestone achievement in emerging adulthood in spina bifida: a longitudinal investigation of parental expectations.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess changes over time in parents' expectations of adult milestone achievement (college attendance, full-time job attainment, independent living, marriage, parenthood) for young people with spina bifida, to examine how expectancies relate to actual milestone achievement, and to compare milestone achievement in emerging adults with spina bifida with that of peers with typical development.

Method

Sixty-eight families of children with spina bifida (mean age 8y 4mo, 37 males, 31 females) and 68 families of children with typical development (mean age 8y 6mo, 37 males, 31 females) participated at Time 1. At all subsequent timepoints, parents of young people with spina bifida were asked to rate their expectations of emerging adulthood milestone achievement. At Time 7, when

SUBMITTER: Holbein CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5288284 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature