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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on April 9, 2007
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsm011
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Brief Report: Psychosocial Functioning of Fathers as Primary Caregivers of Pediatric Oncology Patients

Melanie J. Bonner1,2,3, Kristina K. Hardy2, Victoria W. Willard3 and Katherine C. Hutchinson3

1Department of Psychiatry,2Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, and 3Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Melanie Bonner, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 and Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke Univesity, Durham, NC 27708. bonne002{at}mc.duke.edu.


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Objective To evaluate the psychosocial functioning of fathers as primary caregivers of pediatric oncology patients. Methods Fathers who identified themselves as the primary medical caregivers were given a packet of questionnaires, including the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), the Impact of Event Scale (IES), the Impact on Family Scale (IFS), the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ), and the Parent Experience of Child Illness (PECI) scale, to complete and return by mail. The 23 fathers who returned the questionnaire packets were compared with 23 mothers who were matched on demographic variables. Results There were no differences between groups on self-report measures of distress or illness-related parenting stress. Descriptively, however, the majority of parents were above normative means on measures of psychological distress with a significantly greater proportion of fathers endorsing elevated levels of depression on the BSI. Conclusion Including fathers in pediatric psychosocial research is important and represents a growing trend in psycho-oncology.

Key words: father adjustment; pediatric oncology; psychosocial functioning..

Received July 6, 2006; revision received January 22, 2007; accepted February 2, 2007


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