title: Surviving cancer: The psychosocial outcomes of childhood cancer survivors and its correlates.
abstract: This study assessed the psychosocial outcomes of adolescent cancer survivors and their relationship with personal and socio-familiar factors. Using a cross-sectional design, 41 survivors answered the four psychosocial dimensions of the KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire and measures for social support and coping. Similarly, 41 parents answered coping and cancer-related distress measures. All psychosocial scores were within normative values (50 ± 10). Multiple linear regression analyses revealed four models with a range of explained variance between 9.4 percent and 31.9 percent that include the informative and emotional support, parental distress, and coping. This study contributes to the understanding of psychosocial outcomes of childhood cancer survivors and its correlates.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Spain Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain ccastellano@vhebron.net castellano.tejedor@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: Carmina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castellano-Tejedor
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Spain Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-Campdepadrós
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Lluís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Capdevila
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Blasco-Blasco
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000073116:Cancer Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: adolescence; cancer; clinical health psychology; coping; psychological distress; social support