title: The Effect of Perceived Parental Rearing Behaviors on Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents with Leukemia.
abstract: As the prognosis of childhood leukemia has dramatically improved, clinical interest has been growing in health-related quality of life in adolescents with leukemia. An important factor in adolescent quality of life is their perception of parental rearing behavior. The aim of this study was to explore how perceived parental rearing behaviors related to the quality of life of adolescents with leukemia. A descriptive, exploratory study was conducted among 106 adolescents with leukemia using the Recalled Parental Rearing Behavior and the Minneapolis-Manchester Quality of Life scales. Data were examined using descriptive, correlation, and path analyses. The coefficients of total effect of paternal and maternal emotional warmth on the quality of life of adolescents were 0.36 and 0.45, respectively. We found that paternal rejection/punishment behavior was significantly correlated with maternal rejection/punishment behavior (P < .00); paternal and maternal control/overprotection behavior were also significantly correlated with each other (P < .00). We found that perceived parental warmth has a moderate effect on the quality of life of adolescents, that quality of life was related to both paternal and maternal rearing behaviors, and that the mother's and father's rearing behaviors were correlated with each other. To improve the quality of life of adolescents with leukemia, the patient's care plan should aim to enhance positive parental rearing behaviors in both parents.
authors: Sungshin University, College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Dong Hee
authors: DH
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Nack-Gyun
authors: NG
authors: Chung
authors: The Catholic University of Korea, College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea shlee418@catholic.ac.kr.
authors: Sunhee
authors: S
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescent; health-related quality of life; leukemia; parental rearing behavior