title: [Single-parenting and parental cancer--how does this affect the child? Children's mental health problems and their quality of life from their own and their mother's perspective].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Both, children of somatically ill parents and children of single-mothers are at risk to develop mental health problems and low QoL. This study investigates the effect on children when their single-mothers are exposed to cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a Cross-sectional design a sample of N=47 children of single-mothers exposed to parental cancer was compared to a sample of N=135 children of mothers (living in partnership) exposed to cancer (multi informant approach).
  
  
  RESULTS
  SDQ and KIDSCREEN showed no differences between children of single-mothers and children of mothers in partnership. In the focused sample older children (11-17 years) showed more conduct problems than younger children (4-10 years). The differences between the types of assessment was significant for conduct problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single-parenting and parental cancer as a double burden don't increase the risk for mental health problems and low QoL of children. The results for conduct problems will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig. sascha.weis@medizin.unileipzig.de
authors.forename: Sascha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weis
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dieball
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: von Klitzing
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romer
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lehmkuhl
authors.forename: Corinna
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bergelt
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Resch
authors.forename: Hans-Henning
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Flechtner
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Elmar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brähler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D020954:Single-Parent Family / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires