Biopsychosocial Contributors to Parent Behaviors during Child Venipuncture.

ABSTRACT: Children's needle-related distress is strongly related to parental verbal behaviors. Yet, empirical data supporting theorized contributors to parent behaviors in this context remain limited. This is the first study to collectively measure biological (heart rate variability; HRV), psychological (catastrophizing, anxiety), and social (child behaviors) contributors to parent verbal behaviors throughout pediatric venipuncture. HRV was used as a measure of emotion regulation capacity and examined as a moderator in the associations between parent psychological factors and their behaviors, and between child and parent behaviors. Sixty-one children aged 7 to 12 years who presented at an outpatient blood lab for venipuncture and a parent participated. Parent baseline HRV, state catastrophizing, and

SUBMITTER: Constantin KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9318291 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature