“…Moreover, higher levels of illness uncertainty in a sample of children with cancer led to negative emotional arousal and significantly interfered with their ability to cope with illness-related stressors and other aversive events (Stewart, 2003). In fact, given the extensive literature demonstrating the negative effects of illness uncertainty, treatment studies focusing on targeting illness uncertainty have emerged, with initial results demonstrating successful reductions in parent distress (Hoff et al, 2005).…”