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Adjustment and coping by parents of children with cancer: a review of the literature
Author: Grootenhuis, M A; Last, Bob F
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Abstract: Studies published since about 1980 on psychological adjustment and coping of parents of children
with cancer were reviewed. First, results concerning parental adjustment in terms of psychological distress,
marital distress, and family functioning were summarized. Secondly, the use of coping strategies such as social
support, communication, and search for meaning were described. Thirdly, factors that influence parental
adjustment to childhood cancer, such as coping strategies and illness-related and demographic variables were
discussed. All studies are summarized in a review table, with information about the number of participating
parents and children, the purpose, measures and major results. Difficulties in generalizing findings are possibly
due to the heterogeneous group of children with cancer, the differences in reporting emotional problems by
mothers and fathers, the difficulties in assessing illness-specific problems, and the diversity in the ways of
assessing coping and adjustment.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Subject: Cancer; Children & youth;
MeSH: Adult, Child, Humans, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Social Support,
Stress, Psychological -- psychology, Adaptation, Psychological (major), Neoplasms -- psychology (major),
Parents -- psychology (major), Social Adjustment (major), Stress, Psychological -- prevention & control (major)
Publication title: Supportive Care in Cancer
Volume: 5
Issue: 6
Pages: 466-84
Publication year: 1997
Publication date: Nov 1997
Year: 1997
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Place of publication: Berlin
Country of publication: Netherlands
Publication subject: Medical Sciences--Oncology
ISSN: 09414355
Source type: Scholarly Journals
Language of publication: English
Document type: Feature, Journal Article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s005200050116
Accession number: 9406361
ProQuest document ID: 884111624

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Copyright: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997
Last updated: 2011-08-30
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Citation style: APA 6th - American Psychological Association, 6th Edition
Grootenhuis, M. A., & Last, B. F. (1997). Adjustment and coping by parents of children with cancer: A review of
the literature. Supportive Care in Cancer, 5(6), 466-84. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s005200050116

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