Family Functioning Predictors of Adjustment in Children with Newly Diagnosed Cancer: A Prospective Analysis

Theoretically‐driven investigations on the potentially modifiable predictors of individual differences among newly‐diagnosed pediatric cancer patients may facilitate the Identification of children at risk for adjustment problems. Within a risk and resistance conceptual model, family functioning was...

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Published in:Journal of child psychology and psychiatry 1996-03, Vol.37 (3), p.321-328
Main Authors: Varni, James W., Katz, Ernest R., Jr, Robert Colegrove, Dolgin, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adjustment
Age Factors
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Cancer
Child
Child Behavior
Child psychology
Child, Preschool
Children
Diagnosis
Families & family life
Family functioning
Family Health
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Male
Miscellaneous
Neoplasms
Pediatrics
Prospective Studies
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social Adjustment
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Summary:Theoretically‐driven investigations on the potentially modifiable predictors of individual differences among newly‐diagnosed pediatric cancer patients may facilitate the Identification of children at risk for adjustment problems. Within a risk and resistance conceptual model, family functioning was investigated concurrently and prospectively as a predictor of adjustment in newly‐diagnosed pediatric cancer patients at Time 1 (within 1 month after diagnosis). Time 2 (6 months postdiagnosis), and Time 3 (9 months postdiagnosis). The family relationship dimensions of cohesion and expressiveness most consistently predicted the psychological and social adjustment of children with newly‐diagnosed cancer over a 9‐month period after initial diagnosis. These findings are discussed in terms of the treatment implications for enhancing child adjustment to newly‐diagnosed cancer and biomedical treatment.
ISSN:0021-9630
1469-7610
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01409.x