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Parents' psychological adjustment in families of children with Spina Bifida: a meta-analysis

Ignace PR Vermaes1 email, Jan MAM Janssens1 email, Anna MT Bosman2 email and Jan RM Gerris1 email

Institute of Family and Child Care Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Department of Educational Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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BMC Pediatrics 2005, 5:32doi:10.1186/1471-2431-5-32

Published: 25 August 2005

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Additional File 1:

Effect sizes of SB on parents' psychological adjustment. This file contains a table with the statistics that we gathered from primary reports. Based on these statistics the weighted average effect sizes of spina bifida on parents' psychological adjustment were estimated.

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Additional File 2:

Reported correlations of factors associated with parents' psychological adjustment. This file contains a summary of the converted effect sizes (Pearson's r, p-value, and Fisher Zr) found in the literature. Based on these data the weighted average effect sizes of categories associated with parents' psychological symptoms were estimated.

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