title: Resilience model for parents of children with cancer in mainland China-An exploratory study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Parents have psychosocial functions that are critical for the entire family. Therefore, when their child is diagnosed with cancer, it is important that they exhibit resilience, which is the ability to preserve their emotional and physical well-being in the face of stress. The Resilience Model for Parents of Children with Cancer (RMP-CC) was developed to increase our understanding of how resilience is positively and negatively affected by protective and risk factors, respectively, in Chinese parents with children diagnosed with cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  To evaluate the RMP-CC, the latent psychosocial variables and demographics of 229 parents were evaluated using exploratory structural equation modeling (SEM) and logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of goodness-of-fit indices indicate that the SEM of RMP-CC was a good model with a high level of variance in resilience (58%). Logistic regression revealed that two demographics, educational level and clinical classification of cancer, accounted for 12% of this variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results indicate that RMP-CC is an effective structure by which to develop mainland Chinese parent-focused interventions that are grounded in the experiences of the parents as caregivers of children who have been diagnosed with cancer. RMP-CC allows for a better understanding of what these parents experience while their children undergo treatment. Further studies will be needed to confirm the efficiency of the current structure, and would assist in further refinement of its clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China; College of Economics and Management, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Electronic address: zengjieye@qq.com.
authors.forename: Zeng Jie
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: College of Economics and Management, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Hong Zhong
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Peng Fei
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Mu Zi
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: College of Economics and Management, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Shu Ni
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department of the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. Electronic address: 1047052548@qq.com.
authors.forename: Xiao Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Quan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support
keywords: Childhood cancer; Mainland China; Parents; Psychosocial adjustment; RMP-CC; Resilience; SEM