Antecedents of Mental Health in Parents of Individuals Born with ARM: The Association Between Illness Representations, Negative and Positive Coping, and Depressive Symptoms

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• Parents of children with ARMs experience depressive symptoms linked to how they perceive the illness threat and their sense of control over it.
• Illness representations (threat/control perceptions) influence parental mental health both directly and indirectly through coping strategies.
• The Common-Sense Model framework helps identify modifiable psychological factors that could be targeted in parent support interventions.
• Understanding parental coping mechanisms is essential for developing mental health support programs in pediatric ARM care settings.
• Negative coping strategies mediate the relationship between threatening illness perceptions and increased depressive symptoms in ARM parents.

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