School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
J Sch Health. 2011 Nov;81(11):713-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00648.x.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic genetic disease that leads to the accumulation of thick mucus in multiple organ systems, leading to chronic lung infection and affecting the body's ability to absorb nutrients necessary for growth and development. This cross-sectional, correlational study examined the potential effects of CF on students' psychosocial and academic development.
Forty adolescents with CF completed a battery of neuropsychological and psychosocial measures. Their school records were reviewed to abstract information about standardized achievement testing results and grade point average (GPA). Academic outcomes were hypothesized to be associated with (1) self-efficacy, (2) disease and school-specific coping strategies, (3) attitude to school, and (4) depression.
Cognitive and academic scores were within the normal range, and self-efficacy had the strongest association with standardized cognitive and academic measures and high school grades. School absences were associated with GPA, but not standardized test scores.
Adolescents with CF require supports in school that foster their sense of self-efficacy and accommodations that address the learning time lost from extended health-related absences.
囊性纤维化(CF)是一种慢性遗传疾病,导致多个器官系统中粘液的积累,导致慢性肺部感染,并影响身体吸收生长和发育所需营养物质的能力。这项横断面相关性研究探讨了 CF 对学生心理社会和学业发展的潜在影响。
40 名 CF 青少年完成了一系列神经心理学和心理社会措施。查阅了他们的学校记录,以提取标准化成就测试结果和平均绩点(GPA)的信息。假设学业成绩与(1)自我效能感,(2)疾病和学校特定的应对策略,(3)对学校的态度,以及(4)抑郁有关。
认知和学术得分在正常范围内,自我效能感与标准化认知和学术测量以及高中成绩的关联最强。缺课与 GPA 相关,但与标准化考试成绩无关。
CF 青少年在学校需要得到支持,以培养他们的自我效能感,并提供因长期健康相关缺勤而失去的学习时间的适应措施。