Impact of parental terminal cancer on latency-age children.
The underlying psychological and emotional components of distress were examined in 87 children with a parent in the terminal phase of cancer. Common fears, concerns, misperceptions, and behavioral consequences are analyzed, as are more severe psychological and behavioral reactions. Implications for psychoeducational parent-guidance intervention are discussed.
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School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York.
Siegel
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Freund
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Langosch
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Hendersen
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Sperber
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Weinstein
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D002648:Child; D002667:Child Reactive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007837:Latency Period, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010552:Personality Assessment; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*