Hopefulness and the Self-Sustaining Process in Adolescents with Cancer

Hinds, Pamela S.; Martin, Janni

doi:10.1097/00006199-198811000-00005

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“…Ritchie, 1992;Whyte and Smith, 1997a, b) or empirical studies (e.g. Allen, 1997;Hinds and Martin, 1988) have been published. Interestingly, many psychological studies have focused on parents' perceptions in an attempt to explore the cancer experience in this age group (Maguire, 1996;Eiser, 1996).…”

Section: Adolescence and Cancermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies have focused on strategies to enhance adolescents' coping around the time of diagnosis (Allen, 1997;Neville, 1996). Others have investigated coping needs throughout the illness trajectory (Moore et al, 1969;Hinds and Martin, 1988). These studies suggest that adolescents may adopt a range of coping processes including adaptive denial.…”

Section: Adolescence and Cancermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This emphasises 'normality' and a belief that everything will work out in the end (Neville, 1996). Following a large interview study, Hinds and Martin (1988) suggested four main coping stages: cognitive discomfort, distraction, cognitive comfort and personal competence. These appeared to assist the adolescent to remain hopeful in order to cope with their cancer.…”

Section: Adolescence and Cancermentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘Being in the same boat’: ethnographic insights into an adolescent cancer unit

Kelly

Pearce

Mulhall³

2004

International Journal of Nursing Studies

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Cancer may be considered a particularly challenging diagnosis for adolescents. Treatment for adolescents in the United Kingdom may be provided in paediatric or adult settings or, more rarely, in specialist adolescent cancer units. An ethnographic approach was adopted to gather 'insiders' views of one such unit using in-depth interviews with patients, parents and professionals, as well as non-participant observation of key events. Two data themes 'cancer and the cancer unit' and 'changes over time' are discussed in this paper. Benefits of the unit included shared understandings and the manner in which the privations of adolescent cancer were contained and managed by those involved. r

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Section: Adolescence and Cancermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Adolescence and Cancermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Adolescence and Cancermentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘Being in the same boat’: ethnographic insights into an adolescent cancer unit

Kelly

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Mulhall³

2004

International Journal of Nursing Studies

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“…[15] Hope has been described as a protective factor for enhancing resilience and quality of life in pediatric cancer [23,19] realitybased that a positive future exists for themselves and others. [24,8] …”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The influence of spirituality in pediatric cancer management: a systematic review

Meireles¹,

Maia²,

Miná³

et al. 2015

Int Arch Med

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Context: Pediatric cancer is a wide challenge for the patients, family and health care team. They must deal with anxiety, distress, and pain. Thereby, to find meaning for this journey, they use different coping strategies, among which, spirituality appears to be a way, providing well-being and hope.Objective: The purpose of this review was to analyze the influence of spirituality in childhood cancer care, involving biopsychosocial aspects of child, family, and health professionals facing cancer.Data Sources: To achieve this goal, a systematic review of literature was conducted via electronic databases Scopus, MEDLINE and PubMed using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms: "spirituality", "neoplasm" and "pediatric".Study Selection: Through this search it was found 65 articles.After analyzing them by abstract 13 met the eligibility criteria and were entirely read before included in the final sample.Data Extractions: Sys Most of the studies stated that spirituality helps pediatric patients and their families to find a positive meaning from cancer experience, turning better the management of child. Besides, health practitioners may be able to facilitate this process working as a multidisciplinary team, providing to patient an unabridged care.

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“…Based on work of Rutter (1985;1987) and Garmezy (1991;1994), Woodgate (1999a) On the other hand, the process will become a vulnerability process when an adaptive trajectory is turned into a negative one (Woodgate 1999a (Enskar et al, 1997;Hinds and Martin 1988;Novakovic et al, 1996;Rechner 1990;Weekes and Kagan 1994). With these ideas, the research about coping strategies and the self-sustaining process in childhood cancer patients is reviewed (Figure 2) .…”

Section: Protective Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%