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Trajectories Of Autonomy Development Across The Adolescent Transition In Children With Spina Bifida., Deborah Friedman, Grayson Holmbeck, Christian Delucia, Barbara Jandasek, Kathy Zebracki

Grayson Holmbeck

Objective: The current study investigated individual growth in autonomy development across the adolescent transition, comparing the trajectories of children with and without spina bifida. Method: Individual growth curve modeling procedures were utilized to describe the developmental course of autonomy across four waves of data collection, from ages 9 to 15, and to test whether illness status [spina bifida vs. matched comparison group (N = 68 for both groups at Time 1)] would significantly predict individual variability in autonomy development. Potential moderators [child gender, SES, and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) score] of the association between illness status and autonomy development …