2015
Growing Up With an Ill Parent: An Examination of Family Characteristics and Parental Illness Features
Stoeckel M, Weissbrod C. Growing Up With an Ill Parent: An Examination of Family Characteristics and Parental Illness Features. Families Systems & Health 2015, 33: 356-362. PMID: 26120764, DOI: 10.1037/fsh0000140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImpact of parental illnessIllness featuresParental illnessPsychosocial functioningIll parentsParticipants' depressionFamily characteristicsChildren of ill parentsLife satisfactionMeasures of depressionChronic medical conditionsAdolescent psychosocial functioningLower life satisfactionLow parental involvementImpact of family characteristicsPsychosocial interventionsLate adolescenceChronic illnessPsychosocial difficultiesCollege studentsAnxietyDepressionMedical conditionsParental involvementIllness
2014
The Adolescent Response to Parental Illness: The Influence of Dispositional Gratitude
Stoeckel M, Weissbrod C, Ahrens A. The Adolescent Response to Parental Illness: The Influence of Dispositional Gratitude. Journal Of Child And Family Studies 2014, 24: 1501-1509. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-014-9955-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildren of ill parentsDispositional gratitudeFamily quality of lifeParental illnessIll parentsCollege-ageSelf-report measuresFamily qualitySusceptibility to anxietyCollege-age childrenAppreciation of lifeParent groupsInternalizing symptomsChild depressionChild anxietyGroup differencesPositive emotionsFamily variablesCollege studentsAdolescents' responsesAnxietyAnxiety levelsDepressionEmotional strengthQuality of life