Journal of Pediatric Psychology 22(5) pp. 749-758, 1997
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Brief Report: Parenting Stress and Quality of Life During Treatment for Childhood Leukemia Predicts Child and Parent Adjustment After Treatment Ends1
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2AII correspondence should be addressed to Anne E. Kazak, Division of Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 324 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 191044399
Evaluated relationships between parenting stress and parent-rated child quality of life during treatment for childhood leukemia and later parental posttraumatic stress symptoms and parent and child anxiety after completion of cancer treatment in 29 families of patients with leukemia. Correlations among in-treatment and off-treatment variables showed strong patterns of association between parenting stress during treatment and later parental adjustment, for both mothers and fathers. Parent-rated child quality of life was also significantly associated with later adjustment for mothers and children. Despite the small sample, data point to the importance and consistency of parental reactions from diagnosis through the end of treatment and have clinical implications for psychosocial services during and after treatment.
Key words: pediatric oncology; parent and child adjustment; predicting psychological outcome; posttaumatic stress.
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