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A questionnaire, which was developed as a screening tool by the clinic, was completed at the first clinic visit by patients\u2019 parents and, for comparison, by parents of unrelated age, sex, geographically, and temporally matched healthy controls. The entire questionnaire captured a broad array of clinical, demographic, psychosocial, and environmental data, including questions about stressful life events from 686 patients with JA and from 1042 controls.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients were more likely to have experienced a serious upset (OR 4.81; p &lt; 0.0001), a currently ill family member (OR 2.29; p &lt; 0.0001), separated parents (OR 1.96; p &lt; 0.0001), or difficulties with interpersonal relationships (OR 2.54; p &lt; 0.0001) prior to first clinic presentation compared to controls. Children with oligoarticular JA were more likely than controls to have experienced a serious upset (OR 3.46; p = 0.008), an ill family member (OR 3.79; CI 2.02, 7.11; p &lt; 0.0001), or problems with interpersonal interactions (OR 3.32; p &lt; 0.0001). Children with polyarticular JA were more likely to have experienced a serious upset (OR 5.68; p &lt; 0.0001), separated parents (OR 2.66; p = 0.001), a deceased parent (OR 6.75, p = 0.017), or problems with interpersonal relationships (OR 2.39; p = 0.009). 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