Cancer-Related Sources of Stress for Children With Cancer and Their Parents

Rodríguez, Erin M.; Dunn, Madeleine J.; Zuckerman, Teddi; Vannatta, Kathryn; Gerhardt, Cynthia A.; Compas, Bruce E.

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsr054

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“…Similarly other studies 5,7 noted that the adjustment to having a child with cancer can have a significant impact on the psychological well-being of the family members and their functioning, within the household and the community. The effects of having a child with cancer may not always be overt, but rather imbedded in psychological challenges, and may manifest as impairments in the parents' coping style or execution of their daily responsibilities and occupational choices.…”

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“…Parents have reported feelings of distress, shock, coping difficulties and emotional pain as part of the psychological impact of the diagnosis 4 . Parents of children with cancer are considered the "untreated patients", owing to the high levels of anxiety and stress experienced, and the continuous fear of relapse 5 . Psychological problems may be difficult to assess or identify as they often overlap with many everyday problems and challenges.…”

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“…O câncer se confi gura como uma ameaça à vida da criança, visto que a doença é capaz de colocar em risco o ajustamento da família durante e após o tratamento (Rodriguez et al, 2012). Muitos são os estressores presentes desde o início do tratamento, como os procedimentos médicos invasivos, a incerteza do diagnós co e as longas internações, sendo estes relatados como mais aversivos e angus antes que o próprio câncer (Bruce, 2006).…”

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Estratégias de Enfrentamento e Otimismo de Crianças com Câncer e Crianças Sem Câncer

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ResumoNo tratamento contra o câncer, crianças precisam lidar com estressores da doença u lizando estratégias de enfrentamento (coping) que contribuam para uma adaptação posi va. AbstractIn the cancer treatment, children have to deal with disease stressors using coping strategies that contributes to a posi ve adapta on. Personal variables like op mism can aff ect the way they cope with the disease. This descrip ve study aimed to inves gate the coping strategies and the op mism in children with and without cancer. Four children with cancer and four children without cancer par cipated, responding to the instruments Op mis c and Pessimis c Expecta ons Interview and Coping Scale. Data were analyzed qualita vely. It was verifi ed that all children were op mis c. About coping, children with cancer reported more support search, problem solving, isola on, escape and opposi on; and the children without cancer reported more support search, problem solving and escape. Overall, the children did not diff er in terms of op mism and both groups reported greater use of posi ve adap ve coping strategies. Keywords: children, children with cancer, op mism, coping ResumenEn el tratamiento contra el cáncer, los niños necesitan hacer frente a los factores que generan estrés usando estrategias de enfrentamiento (coping) que contribuyan para una adaptación posi va. Variables personales, como el op mismo, pueden afectar la forma de enfrentar la enfermedad. Este estudio descrip vo ha tenido como obje vo inves gar las estrategias de enfrentamiento en niños con y sin cáncer. Par ciparon del estudio cuatro niños con cáncer y cuatro niños sin cáncer, que contestaron a las Entrevistas de Expecta vas Op mistas y Pesimistas, así como a la Escala de Enfrentamiento. Los datos fueron analizados cualita vamente. Se comprobó que todos los niños se presentaron op mistas. Con respecto al enfrentamiento, los niños con cáncer relataron una mayor búsqueda de apoyo, resolución de problemas, aislamiento, huida y oposición, mientras que los ninõs sin cáncer relataron un mayor uso de búsqueda de apoyo, resolucíon de problemas y huida. En general, los ninõs no se diferenciaron con relación al op mismo y los dos grupos relataron uma mayor u lización de estrategias de enfrentamiento adapta vas posi vas. Palabras clave: niños, niños con cáncer, op mismo, estrategias de enfrentamiento 1 Endereço de contato: Avenida Engenheiro Charles Bitran, 333, apto 401, Jardim Camburi, Vitória/ES.

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“…Besides the perspective of patients, the diagnosis of a chronic illness (especially during childhood) is challenging also for their families (2,3) and requires adjustments to multiple life domains (4,5).…”

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