TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent Cancer Survivors
T2 - Psychosocial and Familial Adaptation
AU - Madan-Swain, Avi
AU - Brown, Ronald T.
AU - Sexson, Sandra B.
AU - Baldwin, Kevin
AU - Pais, Ray
AU - Ragab, Abdel
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant awardfrom the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Program (Grant No. IRG-182).
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Adolescent cancer survivors were compared with nondiseased control subjects on measures of adaptation, coping, body image, sexual adjustment, psychopathology, and family functioning. Cancer survivors reported no major difficulties in social competence, overall coping, and family communication. Although their school teachers reported no symptoms of psychopathology, the cancer survivors did report body image disturbances and adjustment difficulties. Further, the surviving adolescents were eager to present themselves favorably. Compared with nondiseased control families, families of survivors were characterized as somewhat inflexible. Implications for clinical practice include the careful monitoring of youth who have survived cancer as well as sensitivity to underlying concerns that the survivors and their families may avoid.
AB - Adolescent cancer survivors were compared with nondiseased control subjects on measures of adaptation, coping, body image, sexual adjustment, psychopathology, and family functioning. Cancer survivors reported no major difficulties in social competence, overall coping, and family communication. Although their school teachers reported no symptoms of psychopathology, the cancer survivors did report body image disturbances and adjustment difficulties. Further, the surviving adolescents were eager to present themselves favorably. Compared with nondiseased control families, families of survivors were characterized as somewhat inflexible. Implications for clinical practice include the careful monitoring of youth who have survived cancer as well as sensitivity to underlying concerns that the survivors and their families may avoid.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0033-3182(94)71739-4
DO - 10.1016/S0033-3182(94)71739-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 7972660
AN - SCOPUS:0028111547
SN - 0033-3182
VL - 35
SP - 453
EP - 459
JO - Psychosomatics
JF - Psychosomatics
IS - 5
ER -