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Socioeconomic Status And Parental Perceived Social Support In Relation To Health-Related Quality Of Life In Youth With Spina Bifida, Natalie Lawson, Jaclyn Lennon Papadakis, Grayson N. Holmbeck

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Spina bifida (SB) is a congenital birth defect causing a wide variance of physical and intellectual disabilities. The first objective of this study was to examine SES and parental perceived support as predictors of HRQoL among youth with SB. It was hypothesized that lower SES would predict lower youth HRQoL, and higher parental perceived support would predict higher youth HRQOL. The second objective of this study was to examine parental perceived support as a moderator of the association between SES and youth HRQoL. Parental perceived support was hypothesized to serve as a buffer of the negative impact that low SES …