NIH R01 · 2025
Dyadic parent-child influences on pain expression and proxy ratings in children with IDD
Because children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are frequently unable to report their pain verbally, parents often serve as proxy reporters in interpreting and describing their child's pain. Although there is substantial evidence that interactions among biological, psychological, and social factors at the level of both the child and the parent influence children's behavioral pain expression and parents' interpretation of pain behavior in the general population, there has been almost no work investigating the influence of dyadic parent-child relationships on pain assessment among children with IDD. The long-term goal of this project is to improve the understanding of…
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