title: Psychological Functioning, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Coping in Parents and Siblings of Adolescent Cancer Survivors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine psychological functioning, post-traumatic growth (PTG), coping, and cancer-related characteristics of adolescent cancer survivors' parents and siblings. .
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive, correlational. .
  
  
  METHODS
  Children's Hospital of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. .
  
  
  METHODS
  Adolescents who finished cancer treatment 2-10 years prior (n = 31), as well as their parents (n = 30) and siblings (n = 18).  .
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed self-report measures of psychological distress, PTG, life satisfaction, coping, and cancer-related characteristics. .
  
  
  METHODS
  Psychological functioning, PTG, and coping. .
  
  
  RESULTS
  Parents' and siblings' PTG levels were similar to survivors' PTG levels; however, parents reported higher PTG than siblings. Parents who used less avoidant coping, were younger, and had higher life satisfaction experienced less psychological distress. Parents whose survivor children used more active coping reported less psychological distress. Siblings who were older used more active coping, and the longer it had been since their brother or sister was diagnosed, the less avoidant coping they used.  .
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Childhood and adolescent cancer affects survivors' siblings and parents in unique ways. .
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Relationship to the survivor, use of coping strategies, life satisfaction, and time since diagnosis affect family members' postcancer experiences.
authors.affiliation: JVS Toronto.
authors.forename: Andrea M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Turner-Sack
authors.affiliation: University of Windsor.
authors.forename: Rosanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Menna
authors.affiliation: York Region District School Board.
authors.forename: Sarah R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Setchell
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital London Health Science Center.
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maan
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital London Health Science Center.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cataudella
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology; D017741:Survivors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescence; coping; family caregivers; hematology; leukemia; post-traumatic growth