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.
School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA. jaeheeyi@usc.edu
Jaehee
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*