Cheryl H T Chow1, Nadine Nejati2, Kristie L Poole3, Ryan J Van Lieshout4, Norman Buckley5, Louis A Schmidt1. 1. Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. 2. Faculty of Health Sciences, Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. 3. MiNDS Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. 4. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. 5. Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We examined the relation between temperament and preoperative anxiety in 40 children (aged 8-13) who were undergoing elective surgery one week prior to surgery Time 1 (T1) and on the day of surgery Time 2 (T2). METHOD: Children's temperamental shyness was examined using the Colorado Childhood Temperament Inventory at T1, and preoperative anxiety was assessed using the Children's Perioperative Multidimensional Anxiety Scale at T1 and T2. RESULTS: We found that temperamental shyness predicted lower preoperative anxiety at T1 (β = -10.78; p = .03) and at T2 (β = -12.31; p = .03). CONCLUSION: We speculate that temperamentally shy children although seemingly paradoxical, our findings suggest that temperamentally shy children may have developed coping strategies from dealing with persistent anxiety in their everyday environments, and they may use these coping skills in the surgical context. These findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical implications for understanding person by context interactions and managing children's preoperative anxiety.
OBJECTIVE: We examined the relation between temperament and preoperative anxiety in 40 children (aged 8-13) who were undergoing elective surgery one week prior to surgery Time 1 (T1) and on the day of surgery Time 2 (T2). METHOD: Children's temperamental shyness was examined using the Colorado Childhood Temperament Inventory at T1, and preoperative anxiety was assessed using the Children's Perioperative Multidimensional Anxiety Scale at T1 and T2. RESULTS: We found that temperamental shyness predicted lower preoperative anxiety at T1 (β = -10.78; p = .03) and at T2 (β = -12.31; p = .03). CONCLUSION: We speculate that temperamentally shy children although seemingly paradoxical, our findings suggest that temperamentally shy children may have developed coping strategies from dealing with persistent anxiety in their everyday environments, and they may use these coping skills in the surgical context. These findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical implications for understanding person by context interactions and managing children's preoperative anxiety.
Authors: Jana Uher; Irina Trofimova; William Sulis; Petra Netter; Luiz Pessoa; Michael I Posner; Mary K Rothbart; Vladimir Rusalov; Isaac T Peterson; Louis A Schmidt Journal: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Date: 2018-04-19 Impact factor: 6.237
Authors: Cheryl H T Chow; Ayesha Rizwan; Richard Xu; Lauren Poulin; Varun Bhardwaj; Ryan J Van Lieshout; Norman Buckley; Louis A Schmidt Journal: JAMA Netw Open Date: 2019-06-05