The Relation of Caregiver Demand to Adjustment Outcomes in Children With Cancer: The Moderating Role of Parenting Stress

This study investigated the relation of caregiver demand (CD) and parenting stress (PS) to child adjustment in a pediatric cancer sample. Mothers of children with cancer completed measures of PS and CD and rated their child's emotional, behavioral, and social adjustment. PS emerged as an indepe...

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Published in:Children's health care 2010-04, Vol.39 (2), p.108-124
Main Authors: Wolfe-Christensen, Cortney, Mullins, Larry L., Fedele, David A., Rambo, Philip L., Eddington, Angelica, Carpentier, Melissa Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Cancer
Caregivers
Caretaker syndrome
Children
Children & youth
Correlation analysis
Mothers
Parental stress
Sick children
Stress
Studies
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Summary:This study investigated the relation of caregiver demand (CD) and parenting stress (PS) to child adjustment in a pediatric cancer sample. Mothers of children with cancer completed measures of PS and CD and rated their child's emotional, behavioral, and social adjustment. PS emerged as an independent predictor of the child's emotional, behavioral, and social adjustment; and moderated the relation between CD and child internalizing problems (IP). Contrary to expectations, children evidenced fewer IP under conditions of high CD and low PS, and more IP under conditions of low CD and low PS.
ISSN:0273-9615
1532-6888
DOI:10.1080/02739611003679881