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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"parents of children with cancer"”.
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Activism as a coping strategy among parents of children with cancer
<p>Childhood cancer is a lifelong, whole-family diagnosis. The coping strategies employed by parents of children with cancer have implications for the family system both during and after their diagnosed child’s treatment. The current study found that activism, or actions taken on behalf of the …
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Exploring the Experience of Benefit Finding in Parents of Children with Cancer: A Grounded Theory Study
The diagnosis of cancer in a child is one of the most significant stressors a parent can experience, and research in the area of stress-related effects of illness on parents has emerged in many areas. The majority of studies have focused on the potential or actual negative impact on parents during …
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Parenting a Chronically Ill Child: Social Support, Coping, Family Hardiness, and Maternal Stress
<p>Parents of children with cancer experience higher stress than parents of children with other medical conditions or with no developmental concerns (Canam, 1993; Cohen, 1999). Researchers are beginning to explore a number of protective factors that may influence parental stress in parents of …
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Parenting a child with cancer: positive psychology and coping
… the empirical literature relating to coping of parents of children with cancer is reviewed. Twelve studies were included in the review and from these studies, the coping strategies that parents rated as most useful or most frequently used were synthesised into a bi-dimensional taxonomy of …
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Stepping up, stepping back, being pushed, and stepping away : the process of making treatment decisions for children with cancer by parents who no longer live together
The purpose of this study was to describe the process of treatment decision making for parents of children with cancer who no longer lived together. Fifteen biological parents and stepparents of eight children with cancer who had made a major treatment decision in the past were interviewed. Using …
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Shaping confidence to advocate for my child: The meaning of how 'significant others' can support parents to make decisions when their child has cancer
Being told that a child has cancer is devastating for the whole family. As parents process this life-changing diagnosis they enter a world where they are faced with making many complex decisions including treatment and social decisions (such as school attendance and shielding). Whilst previous …