title: Profiles of Connectedness: Processes of Resilience and Growth in Children With Cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Identified patterns of connectedness in youth with cancer and demographically similar healthy peers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants included 153 youth with a history of cancer and 101 youth without a history of serious illness (8-19 years). Children completed measures of connectedness, posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and benefit-finding. Parents also reported on children's PTSS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Latent profile analysis revealed four profiles: high connectedness (45%), low connectedness (6%), connectedness primarily to parents (40%), and connectedness primarily to peers (9%). These profiles did not differ by history of cancer. However, profiles differed on PTSS and benefit-finding. Children highly connected across domains displayed the lowest PTSS and highest benefit-finding, while those with the lowest connectedness had the highest PTSS, with moderate PTSS and benefit-finding for the parent and peer profiles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children with cancer demonstrate patterns of connectedness similar to their healthy peers. Findings support connectedness as a possible mechanism facilitating resilience and growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis.
authors.forename: Katianne M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Howard Sharp
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and.
authors.forename: Victoria W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Willard
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and.
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okado
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tillery
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and.
authors.forename: Alanna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Long
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and sean.phipps@stjude.org.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Phipps
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010379:Peer Group; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adjustment; cancer; children; connectedness; resilience