Browsing by Author "Jordan, Abbie"

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    Role of anxiety in young children's pain memory development after surgery
    (International Association for the Study of Pain, 2019-04) Fischer, Shanaya; Vinall, Jillian; Pavlova, Maria; Graham, Susan; Jordan, Abbie; Chorney, Jill; Rasic, Nivez F.; Brookes, James T.; Hoy, Monica Y.; Yunker, Warren K.; Noel, Melanie
    Pediatric pain is common, and memory for it may be distressing and have long-lasting effects. Children who develop more negatively biased memories for pain (i.e., recalled pain is higher than initial pain report) are at risk of worse future pain outcomes. In adolescent samples, higher child and parent catastrophic thinking about pain was associated with negatively biased memories for post-surgical pain. This study examined the influence of child and parent anxiety on the development of younger children's post-surgical pain memories. Seventy-eight children undergoing a tonsillectomy and one of their parents participated. Parents reported on their anxiety (state and trait) before surgery, and trained researchers observationally-coded children's anxiety at anaesthesia induction. Children reported on their post-surgical pain intensity and pain-related fear for 3 days after discharge. One month after surgery, children recalled their pain intensity and pain-related fear using the same scales previously administered. Results revealed that higher levels of post-surgical pain and higher parent trait anxiety predicted more negatively biased memories for pain-related fear. Parent state anxiety and child preoperative anxiety were not associated with children's recall. Children who developed negatively biased pain memories had worse post-surgical pain several days after surgery. These findings underscore the importance of reducing parental anxiety and effective post-surgical pain management to potentially buffer against the development of negatively biased pain memories in young children.
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    Socialization of Pain Memories: Parent-Child Reminiscing About Past Painful and Sad Events
    (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Pediatric Psychology : Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2019-01) Pavlova, Maria; Graham, Susan; Jordan, Abbie; Chorney, Jill; Vinall, Jillian; Rasic, Nivez F.; Brookes, James T.; Hoy, Monica Y.; Yunker, Warren K.; Noel, Melanie
    Parent-child reminiscing about past negative events has been linked to a host of developmental outcomes. Previous research has identified two distinct between-parent reminiscing styles, wherein parents who are more elaborative (vs. repetitive) have children with more optimal outcomes. To date, however, research has not examined how parents and children talk about past painful experiences nor compared parent-child reminiscing about past painful versus other distressing events despite key developmental differences in how young children respond to pain versus sadness in others. This study aimed to fill that gap.
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    The impact of co-occurring chronic pain and mental health symptoms on adolescent functioning, a cross-sectional survey
    (2024-11-06) Bateman, Sharon; Jordan, Abbie; Noel, Melanie; Loades, Maria; Caes, Line
    Abstract Adolescents who experience poor mental health may develop chronic pain. Similarly, those with chronic pain may develop mental health symptoms. Little is known concerning how these co-occurring symptoms are associated with adolescent functioning. Our online cross-sectional quantitative study compared the specific nature of challenges to psychosocial functioning, across 4 groups: (1) adolescents with co-occurring chronic pain and mental health symptoms; (2) adolescents who only experience chronic pain symptoms; (3) adolescents who only experience mental health symptoms, and (4) adolescents who do not report either symptom. Participants completed self-report questionnaires assessing pain experiences, mental health symptoms and psychosocial functioning. After controlling for pain intensity, findings revealed significant differences, in physical, social, and family functioning across all groups. Significantly worse physical functioning was reported by adolescents with co-occurring pain and mental health symptoms and those with pain-only symptoms compared with adolescents with mental health-only symptoms and those without symptoms. Social functioning was significantly worse for adolescents who experienced co-occurring chronic pain and mental health symptoms compared with adolescents who experienced pain-only symptoms, and those with no symptoms. Significantly worse family functioning was reported by adolescents with mental health-only symptoms compared with adolescents reporting pain-only symptoms and no symptoms. Results suggest the combined impact of pain and mental health symptoms mainly influences adolescent social functioning. Future research is needed to develop standardised assessment and treatment plans to facilitate a thorough understanding of symptoms presented by adolescents who experience co-occurring pain and mental health symptoms. This study identifies that the combined impact of pain and mental health symptoms influences adolescent social functioning when compared to adolescents who experience pain-only or those without symptoms. Research is needed to develop standardised assessment and treatment plans to fully understand the symptoms presented by adolescents with co-occurring symptoms.