Journal of Pediatric Psychology 20(5) pp. 601-617, 1995
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Family Coping with Pediatric Leukemia: Ten Years After Treatment1
Medical College of Wisconsin, Loyola University of Chicago, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Northwestern University Medical School
2All correspondence should be sent to Mary Jo Kupst, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
As part of a longitudinal study of family coping with pediatric leukemia, 28 former patients (16 male; 12 female; M age = 19.1 years) and their parents (23 mothers; 12 fathers) participated in a follow-up study at 10 years posttreatment. Measures included the Current Adjustment Rating Scale, the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Ways of Coping Scale, the Family Coping Scale, and a semistruc-tured interview. Long-term survivors and their parents continued to be well-adjusted to life posttreatment. Coping and perceived adjustment in long-term survivors were positively related to socioeconomic status and mother's coping and negatively related to academic problems. A strong bidirectional relationship was found between survivors' and mother's adjustment. Coping strategies were variable and not significantly correlated with coping adequacy or adjustment.
Key words: family coping; pediatric leukemia; long-term survivors; predictors; mothers' adjustment.
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