Skip Navigation



Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on August 2, 2007
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsm057
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
32/10/1272    most recent
jsm057v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Greening, L.
Right arrow Articles by Stoppelbein, L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Greening, L.
Right arrow Articles by Stoppelbein, L.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Brief Report: Pediatric Cancer, Parental Coping Style, and Risk for Depressive, Posttraumatic Stress, and Anxiety Symptoms

Leilani Greening, PhD and Laura Stoppelbein, PhD

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The University of Mississippi Medical Center

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Dr Leilani Greening, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson MS 39216. E-mail: greening{at}psychiatry.umsmed.edu.


  Abstract

Objective According to the stress and coping goodness of fit model, parents’ risk for psychological symptoms was hypothesized to decrease as a function of using emotional regulation and problem appraisal strategies more frequently, and to increase as a function of using problem-solving and avoidant behaviors more frequently to cope with an uncontrollable stressor—pediatric cancer diagnosis. Methods Parents (N = 150) completed measures of depression, PTSD, anxiety, and coping style. Results Regression analyses revealed that symptoms decreased as a function of using problem appraisal and an emotional regulation strategy (social support) more frequently; and increased as a function of using problem-solving strategies, avoidant coping (substance use), and another emotional regulation strategy (negative self-blame) more frequently. Conclusions The findings provide some support for the model but suggest that the method of coping (e.g., social support) might be considered in addition to the focus of the coping strategy (e.g., emotional regulation).

Key words: cancer; coping style; parents; pediatric; posttraumatic stress disorder.

Received July 7, 2006; revision received June 10, 2007; accepted June 27, 2007


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.