Comparison of coping strategies in Iranian adolescents with cancer and their parents.
The diagnosis and treatment of cancer in adolescence requires that adolescents and their parents learn to adjust to the changes associated with cancer. This article presents results about the relationship between parental and adolescent coping. This study examined 120 adolescents in Iran with cancer (aged 11-18) and their parents. Coping was assessed using the Coping Strategies Inventory. Findings showed that there was a positive linear correlation between adolescents' engagement coping and disengagement coping and that of their parents. Logistic regression analysis indicated that 35.5% of engagement coping of adolescents and 24.1% of adolescent disengagement coping was dependent on the parents' coping strategies. Results indicated that adolescents were able to adapt to cancer within the context of a strong family. Nurses may be able to promote adolescent coping strategies by teaching engagement coping to patients' families.
Sanjari
Mahnaz
M
Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Sanjarim@yahoo.com
Heidari
Shiva
S
Hoseini
Fatemeh
F
Salemi
Sedighe
S
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D016014:Linear Models; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D012494:Sampling Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires