title: Identification of psychological symptoms and associated factors in adolescents who have a parent with cancer in Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This descriptive study was designed to identify the psychological symptoms and associated factors in the adolescent children of cancer patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data were collected by a questionnaire developed by the researchers, "The Brief Symptom Inventory" and "The Scale of Social Support provided by the Family and Friends" and statistically compared.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study involved adolescents of 13-18 years of age accompanying their parents who were receiving cancer treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the results of the study, the adolescents involved in the study generally showed high rates of psychological symptoms, and the score for the subdimension of depression, one of the psychological symptoms listed in the Brief Symptom Inventory, was the highest (20.22 ± 8.40). The mean anxiety, depression, negative identity, somatization, hostility and total psychological symptom scores of the boys were higher than those of the girls, and the difference between the mean scores of psychological symptoms in male and female genders was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The scores of perceived social support by the family and friends and psychological distress were not significantly associated (p > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In light of these findings, the importance of caring for the adolescents along with their parents and providing them with professional support to overcome their psychological distress has become evident.
authors: Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. s_nadaroglu@hotmail.com
authors: Sibel
authors: S
authors: Küçükoğlu
authors: Ayda
authors: A
authors: Celebioğlu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012737:Sex Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey