title: Types and Influence of Social Support on School Engagement of Young Survivors of Leukemia.
abstract: The present study aimed to describe and explore the influence of social support on the school engagement of young survivors of pediatric leukemia. Fifty-three young Quebecers, previously diagnosed and treated for leukemia, completed a questionnaire measuring their school engagement and participated in an interview focusing on the support offered by four groups of relations with regard to school: parents, siblings, friends, and other nonprofessional relations. The interview responses revealed that parents were perceived to be the primary source of informational and emotional support, with support also provided to a lesser extent by friends, siblings, and members of the extended family. Inferential analyses indicated that young survivors report a higher school engagement score when they perceive themselves as receiving support from a greater number of groups of relations, especially from friends or siblings.
authors.affiliation: Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada anne-marie.tougas@usherbrooke.ca.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Tougas
authors.affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jutras
authors.affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bigras
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007938:Leukemia / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: leukemia; pediatric oncology; psychosocial aspects of cancer survivorship; school engagement; school nursing; social support