Health-Related Worries, Self-Image, and Life Outlooks of Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer

This article poses three questions: What do childhood cancer survivors worry about? What characteristics prompt some to worry more and others less? What effect do worries have on survivors' self-image and life outlooks? Data from 303 survivors of childhood cancer demonstrated significant relati...

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Published in:Health & social work 2001-11, Vol.26 (4), p.245-256
Main Authors: Zebrack, Brad J., Chesler, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Adaptation, Psychological
Adjustment (to Environment)
Adolescent
Adult
Adults
Analysis of Variance
Cancer
Cancer in children
Cancer research
cancer survivor
Cancer Survivors
Childhood
Childhood cancer
Childhood Illnesses
Children
Children & youth
Control Groups
Coping
Developmental Tasks
Diagnostic Teaching
Diseases
Emotional Adjustment
Female
Health
Humans
Identity
Learning Problems
Life Events
Life stories
Literature Reviews
Male
Neoplasms - psychology
Oncology, Experimental
Pediatrics
Psychological aspects
Psychological Stress
Psychology
Psychometrics
psychosocial adjustment
Quality of life
Self Concept
Self image
Selfconcept
Social Adjustment
Social work
Stress
Stress Variables
Surveys and Questionnaires
Survivors
Survivors - psychology
Victims
Well Being
Young Adults
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Summary:This article poses three questions: What do childhood cancer survivors worry about? What characteristics prompt some to worry more and others less? What effect do worries have on survivors' self-image and life outlooks? Data from 303 survivors of childhood cancer demonstrated significant relationships among worries, “objective” factors like physical after-effects or relapse, and survivors' self-images and life outlooks. However, findings also indicated that subjectively experienced worries, perceptions about one's cancer status, age at diagnosis and gender were more strongly associated with self-image and life outlook. Psychosocial interventions and future research are suggested.
ISSN:0360-7283
1545-6854
DOI:10.1093/hsw/26.4.245