Predictors of Grade Retention in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease

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dc.contributor.advisorValrie, Cecelia R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLadd, Rebecca J.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychology: Clinical Psychologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-06T12:20:18Z
dc.date.available2015-06-05T06:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the predictive value of sex, socioeconomic status (SES), disease severity, family achievement-orientation, and family relationship quality for predicting grade retention in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD). Additionally, this study investigated the extent to which family achievement-orientation and family relationship quality moderated relationships between the other predictor variables and grade retention. Data were extracted from a nationally representative database, the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease. Participants included 185 children and adolescents with SCD ranging in age from 7-16 years old. Older age and poorer reading achievement were significant predictors of grade retention. In addition, it was found that family achievement-orientation moderated the relationship between age and grade retention, such that high family achievement-orientation buffered against the negative effects of older age on grade retention. Additional research should study the influence of other dimensions of family functioning on grade retention and as a protective factor against other factors. Clinical implications include the identified need for psychosocial interventions that promote achievement-orientation in family members of children and adolescents with SCD.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.format.extent49 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/1801
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectFamily functioningen_US
dc.subjectGrade retentionen_US
dc.subjectSickle cell diseaseen_US
dc.subject.lcshPromotion (School)
dc.subject.lcshGrade repetition
dc.subject.lcshSickle cell anemia in children
dc.subject.lcshSickle cell anemia in adolescence
dc.titlePredictors of Grade Retention in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Diseaseen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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