title: [Experimental study on the intolerance of uncertainty and cognitive biases in parents of child cancer survivor].
abstract: Studies in pediatric oncology describe a relative good quality of life in child cancer survivor. However, few studies were interested in the parents of a child cancer survivor. 61 parents are recruited in the Belgian hospitals. Three groups of parents are constituted : the parents whose child is in 4 years of survivorship (group 1), in 5 years of survivorship (group 2) and in 6 years of survivorship (group 3). Clinical scales and a Stroop emotion task are administered. Parents (of the 3 groups) present a low tolerance of uncertainty, have excessive worries about the evolution of the health of their child, and suffer from anxious symptoms. The Stroop emotion tasks reveals a cognitive bias of the attention in favour of threatening stimuli. The study highlights the importance to detect parents who are intolerant of uncertainty at the cancer diagnosis stage and their continuous psychological follow-up once the treatments are ended.
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychologie, Unité de Psychologie de la santé, Faculté de Psychologie, Logopédie et Sciences de l'Éducation, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vander Haegen
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychologie, Unité de Psychologie de la santé, Faculté de Psychologie, Logopédie et Sciences de l'Éducation, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Etienne
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hémato-Oncologie pédiatrique, CHR Citadelle, Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piette
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001530:Belgium; D015982:Bias; D000073116:Cancer Survivors; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035501:Uncertainty
keywords:  Anxiety ;  Cancer survivor ;  Cognition;  Intolerance of uncertainty ; Parents 