A 2‐year dyadic longitudinal study of mothers' and fathers' marital adjustment when caring for a child with cancer

Burns, Willow; Péloquin, Katherine; Sultan, Serge; Moghrabi, Albert; Marcoux, Sophie; Krajinović, Maja; Sinnett, Daniel; Laverdière, Caroline; Robaey, Philippe

doi:10.1002/pon.4189

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“…The positive changes in dyadic functioning are mostly predicted by mothers’ high level of social support from family and other sources. For fathers, these positive changes are predicted by strong sense of coherence …”

Section: Parents’ Resilience In Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stressmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…This could be explained by fathers relying mostly on the social support of their spouse, whereas women rely also on other social contacts . This difference in experiencing distress indicates that when the relationship is affected by the mother's distress, the father suffers from the deteriorated relationship more than the mother …”

Section: Parents’ Resilience In Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For fathers, these positive changes are predicted by strong sense of coherence. 45,49 Fathers are affected by their spouses' distress but not vice versa. 45 This could be explained by fathers relying mostly on the social support of their spouse, whereas women rely also on other social contacts.…”

Section: Differences In Mothers' and Fathers' Reactions And Their Dmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…50 This difference in experiencing distress indicates that when the relationship is affected by the mother's distress, the father suffers from the deteriorated relationship more than the mother. 45,49 Even though a pediatric illness is a major stress factor for the parents, 51 many of them tend to adjust to the situational stressors over time, and some aspects of the relationship can even improve. 45 Research has mostly focused on mothers, but as fathers might be less resilient, 52 it is important to acknowledge both parents.…”

Section: Differences In Mothers' and Fathers' Reactions And Their Dmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Resilience in children and their parents enduring pediatric medical traumatic stress

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Honkalampi

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Pediatric Anesthesia

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Summary Due to the general lack of familiarity with the concept in the medical field, resilience is rarely considered in pediatric medical traumas. Resilience is an ability that enables recovery after adversities such as traumas, surgeries, serious health problems, or social issues. Stress from medical traumas encompasses both the psychological and physical responses of children and their families. Lack of resilience in children with medical traumatic stress may contribute to poor adjustment, slow recovery, disruptive behaviors, and psychiatric disorders. Furthermore, persistent parental distress increases the child's risk of low resilience. Consequently, these patients and their parents require early identification. This is achievable using a common stress measure such as the Perceived Stress Scale. Moreover, health care providers can screen patients’ risks for low resilience, which include few social contacts, poor family functioning, and low cohesion among family members. Findings from the stress scale and screened risks could indicate the need for additional psychosocial support at the time of diagnosis of a serious illness, soon after injuries, and before and after operations. Such interventions can include decreasing distress, counseling children and their parents, and enabling strong connections to health care providers. Health care providers can help parents to minimize distress and adjust to their child's illness, thereby supporting the child's resilience, adjustment, and recovery.

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Section: Parents’ Resilience In Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stressmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Parents’ Resilience In Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Differences In Mothers' and Fathers' Reactions And Their Dmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Differences In Mothers' and Fathers' Reactions And Their Dmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Resilience in children and their parents enduring pediatric medical traumatic stress

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Honkalampi

et al. 2019

Pediatric Anesthesia

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“…A growing body of literature emphasizes the importance of assessing relationship quality as part of routine psychological care throughout the treatment trajectory . Moreover, some argue for identifying parents at risk and implementing interventions aimed at strengthening the marital relationship of the parents …”

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“The child is our focus”: On couple issues in child oncology treatment

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During treatment, the child is the primary focus for parents and professionals. The parents' focus on supporting their child makes talking about their own emotions or about issues in the partner relationship potentially disruptive and unhelpful. Therefore, it is crucial for professionals to support the parents in their parents' role, but with an openness to converse about issues in the partner relationship at the moments when these issues might threaten their focus on the child.

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