Mum knows best? Psychological status in an oncology sample

Bruce, Sue; Rodgers, Jacqui; Firth, Melinda; Freeston, Mark H.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00553.x

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“…Despite significant rank correlations between fathers and mothers on these scales, fathers reported significantly higher scores than mothers for hyperactivity, conduct problems and total difficulties suggesting that fathers are more sensitive to externalising behaviours than are mothers, or that they over-report in this domain. In a study of psychological status of a sample of 11-16 year old children with cancer, [35] fathers also reported higher SDQ scores than mothers for hyperactivity, conduct problems, and total difficulties. Furthermore, paternal ratings of conduct problems were very similar to children's self-ratings, whereas mothers' ratings were lower.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Furthermore, paternal ratings of conduct problems were very similar to children's self-ratings, whereas mothers' ratings were lower. A possible explanation is that since mothers are more often the primary caregivers and spend more time with their children than fathers [36] they become desensitised to their children's problem behaviour [35]. Although our analysis did not show a significant difference in mother and father correlations between mothers who stayed at home to look after the family and mothers who did not, we were limited by a small sample size.…”

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confidence: 94%

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A Comparison of Father and Mother Report of Child Behaviour on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Davé

Nazareth

Senior

et al. 2008

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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To date there has been no comparison of father and mother report on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a standardised measure of child behaviour used widely in the UK in clinical practice and research. The objectives of the study were to investigate differences and agreement between parents on the various SDQ domains of child behaviour. Parents of 4-6 years olds were recruited via 13 UK general practices, and completed the SDQ and measures on depression, parenting, couple relationship, alcohol use and demographics. Parental SDQ ratings were compared. The SDQ was completed by 248 parent dyads. Mother and father ratings were correlated, however fathers reported higher mean scores than mothers for externalising behaviours. Higher reporting by fathers was related to alcohol misuse, the couple relationship, fathering, and father employment. Fathers did not report significantly more abnormal behaviours than mothers except for hyperactivity. There was high interparental agreement on normal/borderline behaviours (94.8-98.3% agreement), but lower agreement on abnormal behaviours (7.7-37.9%). There was higher interparental agreement on male rather than female children, but fathers were four times more likely to report hyperactivity among their boys compared with girls. Using combined parental reports in clinical settings would enhance the sensitivity of identifying children requiring clinical attention for their problem behaviours.

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confidence: 89%

Section: Analysis Of Continuous Sdq Subscale Scoresmentioning

confidence: 94%

A Comparison of Father and Mother Report of Child Behaviour on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Davé

Nazareth

Senior

et al. 2008

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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“…Fathers were as " in tune " with their children as mothers of children with chronic disease (23,29) . However, two articles noted that medical personnel speak primarily to females ahead of males, which further enhanced the father ' s sense of isolation (16,22) .…”

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“…Even though our objective was to limit our search to fathers of adolescents, we finally enlarged it to include younger children because, if only using studies including participants aged 10 years or older, we would have found only five articles (8,17,23,34,35) .…”

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Detached, distraught or discerning? Fathers of adolescents with chronic illness: a review of the literature

Goldstein

Akré

Bélanger

et al. 2013

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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Parenting a child with chronic disease provides a unique set of challenges for both mothers and fathers throughout all phases of the illness. However, fathers of these children are under-represented in existing research. This review focuses on the fathers of children with chronic disease included in 44 original articles. We address the challenges to the father ' s role as breadwinner, leader and strength-giver in the family. Three time-periods describe the obstacles fathers tackle when parenting children with chronic disease: a) diagnosis and short-term, characterized by distress, isolation and uncertainty; b) the mastery period, characterized by the struggle to establish routine and by support and spiri tuality; and c) the long-term, characterized by relationship and personality change, worries and bereavement. Overall, whilst current research has revealed some key themes pertaining to fathers of children with chronic disease, further studies are required to foster the development of support mechanisms for the specific needs of these fathers.

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“…The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (described in further detail below) is a brief, free, validated, and easy-to-administer tool commonly used to screen for child/adolescent psychological well-being and behavior (Goodman, 1997). Although previous studies have utilized the SDQ with pediatric oncology populations (Bruce, Rodgers, Firth, & Freeston, 2005;Upton & Eiser, 2006), there is no evidence pertaining to how this measure performs in this illness context.…”

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Screening for Psychological Well-Being in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Preliminary Assessment of the Feasibility of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire as a Parent-Proxy Report

Williams

Drew

Deluca

et al. 2013

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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This article describes the feasibility of utilizing the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) as a brief psychosocial screener among survivors of pediatric cancer. Participants were parents of a child/adolescent diagnosed with cancer who were off treatment (n = 35) and a subset of adolescents (n = 14). Parent-proxy report using the SDQ was significantly associated with the Child Health Questionnaire. Parents who self-reported long-term uncertainty about their child's illness were more likely to report child psychosocial difficulties. A trend for concordance between patient and parent-proxy report of the SDQ was observed. These preliminary results highlight the potential utility of the SDQ as a screening tool for detection of child/adolescent psychosocial well-being. Further research, with larger samples, is needed to support these results.

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Mum knows best? Psychological status in an oncology sample

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

A Comparison of Father and Mother Report of Child Behaviour on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

A Comparison of Father and Mother Report of Child Behaviour on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Detached, distraught or discerning? Fathers of adolescents with chronic illness: a review of the literature

Screening for Psychological Well-Being in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Preliminary Assessment of the Feasibility of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire as a Parent-Proxy Report

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