Download or read book The Relation Between Parental Relationship Adjustment and Sibling Emotional Adjustment in Pediatric Cancer written by Juliana Alba-Suarez and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2016, approximately 10,000 children were diagnosed with cancer (American Cancer Society, 2016). A diagnosis of cancer can have a negative psychological impact on parents, the marital relationship, and the family unit (McGrath et al. 2005; Yeh 2002). For most siblings, psychological distress is highest close to time of diagnosis but distress may return to average levels after 6 months (Alderfer, 2010). Research shows that factors such as age and gender are related to sibling emotional distress (Alderfer & Kazak., 2006; Hamama, Ronen, & Feigin, 2000; Houtzager, Grootenhuis, Hoekstra-Weebers, Caron, & Last., 2003; Sloper & While, 1996). Parents of newly diagnosed cancer patients report higher levels of marital dissatisfaction, than parents of children in other treatment phases, and mothers report higher levels of marital dissatisfaction when the child is off treatment or in remission (Yeh, 2002). However, research has yet to explore whether parents’ relationship adjustment impacts siblings’ emotional adjustment in families of pediatric cancer patients. The current study examined the relationship between mothers’ report of relationship adjustment and siblings’ emotional adjustment in families of pediatric cancer patients, controlling for time since diagnosis, and whether sibling age and gender moderated the relationship between relationship adjustment and sibling emotional adjustment. The study also used a sequential mixed methods approach to incorporate qualitative data on father perspectives. Results showed that a large proportion of siblings met or exceeded the clinical cutoff score for emotional problems, and sibling age was significantly related to sibling emotional adjustment. Parent relationship adjustment was not related to sibling emotional adjustment, and age and gender did not moderate the relationship between relationship adjustment and sibling emotional adjustment. Qualitative results showed that partner communication and communication challenges were important aspects of overall relationship adjustment. Further, couples identified parent emotional adjustment, cancer stressors, and roles as important factors affected by a cancer diagnosis. Overall, siblings continue to be at risk for emotional adjustment problems and age may be a risk factor for poor emotional adjustment. However, relationship adjustment does not appear to be a factor involved in sibling emotional adjustment to cancer

Download or read book The Relation Between Marital Adjustment and Sibling Emotional Adjustment in Pediatric Cancer written by Juliana Alba-Suarez and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For children under the age of 15, cancer is the most common cause of death by disease (Heron, Sutton, Xu, Ventura, Strobino, & Guyer, 2010). Pediatric cancer can disrupt family routines (McGrath et al. 2005; Mercer & Ritchie 1997). Siblings of cancer patients may also experience symptoms of emotional distress, such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress (Alderfer, 2010; Lahteenmaki, Sjoblom, Korhonen, & Salmi, 2004; Hamama et al., 2010). Gender, age, coping, social functioning, and family functioning play a role in the emotional distress of siblings ((Alderfer et al., 2006; Hamama et al., 2000; Houtzager et al., 2003; Sloper & While, 1996). However, research has yet to look at whether parental marital functioning also plays a role in the emotional adjustment of siblings of pediatric cancer patients. The proposed study will examine the relationship between marital adjustment and sibling emotional adjustment while controlling for time since diagnosis. Additionally, the proposed study will examine whether gender, age, coping, social functioning, and family functioning moderate the relationship between marital adjustment and sibling adjustment. Participants will be mothers of cancer patients, with siblings between ages 4-17. Participants will complete a demographic questionnaire, the Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire, the Response to Stress questionnaire- parent report of child, the Family Assessment Device, and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Hierarchical linear modeling will be conducted in order to account for possible dependencies of siblings from the same family. It is expected that marital functioning and time since diagnosis will predict levels of sibling emotional adjustment. Factors, such as age, gender, coping, and social functioning, will be moderators for the relationship between marital functioning and sibling emotional adjustment. Additionally, marital functioning will mediate the relationship between time since diagnosis and sibling adjustment. Significant results may provide further information intervention strategies for siblings of pediatric cancer patients.

Download or read book Interpersonal Relationships of Children Adolescents with Cancer written by Kaitlyn M. Fladeboe and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpersonal relationships are a central and critical aspect of children's socioemotional development and contribute to later wellbeing. When a child or adolescent is diagnosed with cancer, problems may arise in family and peer relationships and negatively affect adjustment. Given that these youth are at risk for poor psychosocial outcomes, understanding how social relationships change after diagnosis, influence one another, and contribute to patient wellbeing is needed to inform prevention and intervention efforts. Toward this goal, the current series of studies examines how family and peer relationships are affected when a child or adolescent has cancer. In Study 1, associations between cancer-related stressors and sibling conflict were examined longitudinally across the first year of treatment. Families (N=103) included a child with cancer and at least one sibling. Primary caregivers completed monthly questionnaires throughout the first year of treatment assessing stress and sibling conflict. Using multilevel modeling, we explored if changes in stress resulted in concurrent changes in conflict within an individual family and whether greater average stress affected the trajectory of conflict between families. Results indicated that higher average levels of cancer-related stress, general life stress, and financial stress were associated with higher sibling conflict over time. No stressors were associated with concurrent changes in conflict. Results suggested that some stressors contribute to increases in sibling conflict during the first year of treatment. In Study 2, spillover between marital adjustment and parent-child conflict was examined across Months 1, 6, and 12 post-diagnosis. Primary caregivers (N = 117) completed self-report questionnaires assessing marital adjustment and parent-child conflict in the past month. Cross-lagged panel models were then used to assess whether associations existed and whether these associations were unidirectional or bidirectional in nature. Results indicated that a unidirectional model of spillover from the marital to the parent-child relationship best explained the data. In terms of specific temporal patterns, lower marital adjustment soon after diagnosis was associated with an increase in parent-child conflict 6 months later. Targeting marital problems soon after diagnosis may prevent conflict from developing in the parent-child relationship. In Study 3, the experience of peer relationships during cancer treatment was assessed using perspectives of both adolescents with cancer and their peers. Patients aged 12-19 (n = 14) and peers (n = 2) completed semi-structured interviews and patients completed self-report questionnaires on social support, social functioning and psychological adjustment. Results indicated that patients valued communication with peers and perceived changes in their relationships. Patients discussed instances of support by friends and offered advice for other teens with cancer. Mothers and same-sex friends provided the most support for patients. Patients' social functioning and psychological adjustment were high on average, similar to US norms, and moderately associated. Helping adolescents maintain close peer relationships may attenuate developmental disruption and negative psychosocial impact of cancer. Taken together, these studies demonstrate that interpersonal relationships are impacted when a child has cancer. Developing interventions targeting marital and sibling relationship quality soon after diagnosis may serve a preventative purpose and promote family wellbeing. Bolstering peer support may be especially valuable for adolescents with cancer, which could be accomplished through teaching patients to seek support and teaching peers about support provision, cancer treatment, and coping skills. Methodological limitations related to sampling bias, measurement, and generalizability are discussed. Future directions for this work involve further descriptive research and intervention development.

Download or read book Comprehensive Handbook of Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease written by Ronald T. Brown and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-06 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over recent decades, tremendous advances in the prevention, medical treatment, and quality of life issues in children and adolescents surviving cancer have spawned a host of research on pediatric psychosocial oncology. This important volume fulfills the clear need for an up-to-date, comprehensive handbook for practitioners that delineates the most recent research in the field--the first of its kind in over a decade. Over 60 renowned authors have been assembled to provide a thorough presentation of the state-of-the art research and literature, with topics including:-Neuropsychological effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy-Bone marrow transplantation-Important issues about quality of life during and following treatment-Collaborative research among child-focused psychologists-Standards of psychological care for children and adolescents-Stress and coping in the pediatric cancer experience-The role of family and peer relationshipsThe Comprehensive Handbook of Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease represents both multidisciplinary and international efforts, an alliance between physicians and parents, and a combination of research and service. With a wealth of information of great interest to patients and their families, this volume will also be a welcome resource to the psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, oncologists, nurses, and social workers who confront these issues as they help children and their families through the treatment, recovery, and grieving processes.

Download or read book Frequency and Predictors of Sibling Psychological and Somatic Difficulties Following Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis written by Kendra Massie and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Impact of Parental Functioning on the Pychological Adjustment of Pediatric Cancer Patients written by Pamela Marie Kimsey and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pediatric Psychooncology written by David J. Bearison and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1994-05-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty to thirty years ago, the prognosis for children with cancer was dismal. Since then, remarkable advances in the treatment of childhood cancers have resulted in overall cure rates of 60 percent. In response to these improved prognoses, psychological frontiers of patient care and clinical research have evolved. Psychologists as well as mental health professionals from other disciplines are now routinely included in medical treatment planning and patient care. Psychosocial interventions with pediatric cancer patients and their families are guided by an increasingly sophisticated body of research findings that enhance their quality of life. With contributions from nationally recognized clinicians and researchers, this volume addresses the wide range of psychological issues inherent in pediatric oncology, including coping with pediatric cancer, pain and symptom management, medication compliance, neuropsychological effects of disease and therapy, sibling and family relations, bereavement, and care of the dying child. Each author carefully defines his or her research area, discusses theoretical and methodological concerns, critically reviews and integrates research findings, and discusses unresolved issues as well as future directions for research. This balanced and comprehensive overview of pediatric psychooncology is essential reading for all those interested in the treatment of children diagnosed with cancer.

Download or read book Siblings of Pediatric Cancer Patients written by Alice Prchal Doguoglu and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Psychological Adjustment of School age Siblings of Pediatric Cancer Patients written by Pilar Perez-Ortega and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.

Download or read book Coping Communication and Adjustment in Pediatric Cancer written by Erin M. Rodriguez and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Family Functioning and Sibling Adjustment Following Treatment for Childhood Cancer written by Cindy L. Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pediatric Cancer written by Donna Suzanne Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effects of Perceived Stress and Perceived Social Support on Adjustment in Children and Adolescents with Cancer written by Daniel J. L. Quiggins and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the potentially traumatic and stressful nature of having childhood cancer, results investigating the level of adjustment among children and adolescents with cancer have been quite surprising, demonstrating levels of adjustment similar to the adaptation of children/adolescents from the general population. Due to these findings, studies in pediatric psychology have sought to identify the specific risk and resistance factors that may protect children and adolescents from adjustment problems. The current study is the first empirical investigation to examine the combined impact of perceived stress and perceived social support on adjustment. Hypotheses for the present study were as follows: (1) Children and adolescents in the present study would demonstrate levels of adjustment similar to instrument norms; (2) There would be significant differences between reports of adjustment from children/adolescents and their parents; (3) Significant direct effects would be demonstrated between perceived stress and adjustment; (4) Significant direct effects would be demonstrated between perceived social support and adjustment; and (5) There would be empirical support for mediating but not moderating effects of perceived social support in the relationship between perceived stress and adjustment. Subjects for the current study were 221 children and adolescents with cancer from Children's Hospital, San Diego, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, and Children's Hospital, Long Beach. Children and adolescents in this study demonstrated levels of adjustment equal to or better than instrument norms and child (but not adolescent) reports of their adjustment demonstrated nonsignificant correlations with the reports of adjustment from their parents. In addition, although no mediating effects were demonstrated for perceived social support, statistically and clinically significant direct effects were found for both perceived stress and perceived social support. Results from the present study may serve to guide future research investigating the risk and protective factors of adjustment in pediatric cancer. In addition, these findings may suggest effective interventions designed to reduce perceived stress (i.e., relaxation and guided imagery) and increase perceived social support (i.e., social skills training and school reintegration) and have implications for studying resiliency in children and adolescents facing profound adversity.

Download or read book The Relationship Among Maternal Factors Environmental Factors and Sibling Psychological Adjustment in a Non random Sample of Families Facing Childhood Cancer written by Patrice Casey-Cappello and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pediatric Psychooncology written by David J. Bearison and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychosocial interventions with pediatric cancer patients and their families are guided by an increasingly sophisticated body of research findings that enhance their quality of life.

Download or read book The Relationship Among Maternal Factors Environmental Factors and Sibling Psychological Adjustment to a Non ramdom Sample of Families Facing Childhood Cancer written by Patrice Casey-Cappello and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: