title: Experiential Avoidance and Rumination in Parents of Children on Cancer Treatment: Relationships with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Symptoms of Depression.
abstract: We conducted a cross-sectional survey study to investigate whether there is a relationship between experiential avoidance (EA), rumination, post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and symptoms of depression, in parents of children on cancer treatment. Data from 79 parents (55 mothers) of 79 children with a median of three months since their cancer diagnosis were included in cross-sectional analyses. EA and rumination were positively correlated with PTSS and symptoms of depression. EA and rumination did not provide incremental explained variance in PTSS over and above that explained by symptoms of depression, while controlling for symptoms of anxiety and demographic characteristics. However, EA and rumination provided incremental explained variance in symptoms of depression over and above that explained by PTSS, while controlling for symptoms of anxiety and demographic characteristics. Rumination and EA are important constructs in the understanding of PTSS and symptoms of depression in parents of children on cancer treatment. Future research should delineate the temporal relationships between these constructs.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology in Healthcare, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 564, 751 22, Uppsala, Sweden. martin.cernvall@pubcare.uu.se.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cernvall
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology in Healthcare, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 564, 751 22, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skogseid
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carlbring
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology in Healthcare, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 564, 751 22, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ljungman
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Oncology, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Gustaf
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ljungman
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology in Healthcare, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 564, 751 22, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: von Essen
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010290:Parents; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Avoidance; Cancer and oncology; Depression; Parents; Posttraumatic stress; Rumination