Family coping with pediatric leukemia: ten years after treatment.
As part of a longitudinal study of family coping with pediatric leukemia, 28 former patients (16 male; 12 female; M age = 19.1 years) and their parents (23 mothers; 12 fathers) participated in a follow-up study at 10 years posttreatment. Measures included the Current Adjustment Rating Scale, the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Ways of Coping Scale, the Family Coping Scale, and a semistructured interview. Long-term survivors and their parents continued to be well-adjusted to life posttreatment. Coping and perceived adjustment in long-term survivors were positively related to socioeconomic status and mother's coping and negatively related to academic problems. A strong bidirectional relationship was found between survivors' and mother's adjustment. Coping strategies were variable and not significantly correlated with coping adequacy or adjustment.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role