Abstract
Background
Little is known about how transition readiness relates to other developmental skills
of adolescence in youth with chronic illness. Better understanding of how transition
readiness relates to these other developmental skills could lead to a broader array
of tools to improve transition readiness. Intentional self-regulation (ISR) and hopeful
future expectations (HFE) are 2 developmental skills of adolescence that improve with
participation in developmental programming and thus are modifiable.
Methods
We explored associations between transition readiness, as measured by the Transition
Readiness Assessment Questionnaire 29 (TRAQ-29) and ISR and HFE in youth with chronic
illness recruited from a variety of subspecialty clinics from a major southeast medical
center.
Results
A total of 71 adolescents with chronic illness were included in the analysis. The
TRAQ-29 Self-Advocacy domain showed positive associations to both ISR (P = .03) and HFE (P = .009). In addition, the TRAQ-29 overall had positive associations to HFE (P = .04).
Conclusions
The significant associations between TRAQ-29 Self-Advocacy domain scores and ISR and
HFE suggest that transition readiness is developing within the context of other developmental
areas in adolescence. More work is needed to see if the programming that improves
these other developmental skills might also improve transition readiness.
Keywords
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: December 12, 2016
Accepted:
December 6,
2016
Received:
September 1,
2016
Footnotes
Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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