Cultural influences on the survivorship of families affected by childhood cancer: a case for using family systems theories.
This paper uses the family systems perspective to synthesize existing studies on the 3 components of Olson's (2000) Circumplex Model-family cohesion, flexibility, and communication-as they relate to family adaptation to cancer; and to extend the discussion to the cultural influences on these components. Family systems theory was found to be a useful framework for understanding the variance of positive and negative family adaptation in the survivorship of childhood cancer and the cultural impact on the family level variables.
Yi
Jaehee
J
School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA. jaeheeyi@usc.edu
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*