title: Cancer-related sources of stress for children with cancer and their parents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study examines reports and correlates of cancer-specific stressors in children with cancer and their parents. Measures Mothers (n = 191) and fathers (n = 95) reported on their own and their child's stressors, general perceived stress, and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Children (n = 106) completed self-reports of their own stressors and posttraumatic stress symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mother and father self-reports were positively correlated, but mothers reported higher levels of stressors than fathers. Child and parent reports of children's stressors were positively correlated, but parents rated physical effects as more stressful while children rated role-functioning stressors as more stressful. Parents' and childrens' reports of stressors were also positively associated with general perceived stress and posttraumatic stress symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings extend research on stress in children with cancer and their parents, and may help inform research on risk and intervention in pediatric cancer populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology & Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Peabody 552, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. erin.m.rodriguez@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Erin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Madeleine J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Teddi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vannatta
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Compas
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires