Journal of Pediatric Psychology 15(3) pp. 359-371, 1990
© 1990 Society of Pediatric Psychology
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Social Adjustment of Children Successfully Treated for Cancer1
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University Program in Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School
2All correspondence should be sent to Anthoney Spirito, Chid and Family Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Compared 56 children between the age of 5 and 12 years to a sample of healthy controls. All cancer patients had been treated between the ages of 2 and 5 years. Children completed the self-Perception Profile for children and questionnaires assessing social adjustment. Parent and teacher ratings were also obtained. The cancer patients reported greater feelings of isolation than teh controls but otherwise few differences were noted. There were few differences between cancer patients and controls in the teacher and parent report Results are discussed in terms of the need to investigate behavioral sequelae of childhood illness and directions for future research.
Key words: cancer survivors; social adjustment; children.
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