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Title: Nice Kids, Healthy Kids? Prosocial Behavior, Psychological Problems and Quality of Life in Children, Preadolescents, and Adolescents with and without Chronic Health Conditions
Authors: Carona, Carlos 
Vitorino, Catarina
Alves-Nogueira, Ana Cláudia
Moreira, Helena 
Canavarro, Maria Cristina 
Silva, Neuza 
Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Quality Of Life; Children, Preadolescents and Adolescents; Psychological Problems; Chronic Health Conditions
Issue Date: 2020
Project: Cerebral Palsy Association of Coimbra (APCC) and the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC; PEst-OE/PSI/UI0730/2014) - University of Coimbra. 
Serial title, monograph or event: Central European Journal of Paediatrics
Volume: 16
Issue: 2
Abstract: Objective – First, to compare prosocial behaviors and psychological maladjustment between children, preadolescents and adolescents with and without chronic health conditions; and second, to test the direct and indirect effects, via psychological problems, of prosocial behavior on quality of life (QoL). In addition, the invariance of this model was examined across different age groups and health conditions. Methods – Self-report questionnaires on the aforementioned variables were administered to a sample of 312 children, preadolescents and adolescents with chronic health conditions (asthma, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy) and 118 healthy controls. Univariate and multivariate analyses of covariance were conducted to examine differences in prosocial behaviors and psychological maladjustment, respectively. AMOS computational tool was used for path analysis-based mediation. Multigroup analyses were performed to test the invariance of the structural model. Results – There were no differences in the reported levels of prosocial behavior of children and youths with and without chronic health conditions. The association between prosocial behaviors and QoL was mediated by externalizing problems. The invariance of the proposed model was observed across health conditions and age groups. Conclusions – Interventions targeting prosocial behaviors may improve QoL outcomes in children and youths, through the prevention or mitigation of externalizing psychological problems, regardless of their age group or the presence/absence of a chronic health condition.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/101389
ISSN: 24903639
24903671
DOI: 10.5457/p2005-114.276
Rights: openAccess
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