Social and Psychological Development of Adolescents and the Relationship to Chronic Illness

Leichtman, Sandra R.; Friedman, Stanford B.

doi:10.1016/s0025-7125(16)31932-0

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“…Hospitalization for the adolescent is a stressful experience (Hofmann & Becker, 1973), which: challenges body image stability (Kaufman, 1972;Lincoln, 1978), alters the developing needs of independence, mobility, and control (Blake, 1969;Conway, 1971), and affects existing and established patterns of peer and family interaction (Lord & Schowalter, 1982). In addition, the hospitalization causes alterations to the self-concept (Tiedt, 1972;Riffee, 1981) and heightens feelings of loneliness and alienation and thoughts of invalidism (Becker, 1979;Freud, 1952;Leichtman & Friedman, 1975). These emotional reactions precipitate the display of a number of coping mechanisms such as denial, intellectualization, and regression (Schowalter, 1977) as well as affecting behavior after discharge (Fletcher, 1981).…”

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Strategies to promote the developmental needs of hospitalized adolescents

Denholm

Ferguson

1987

Children's Health Care

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Strategies to promote the developmental needs of hospitalized adolescents

Denholm

Ferguson

1987

Children's Health Care

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“…For the adolescent a chronic illness frequently represents being different and inferior with a consequent loss of self-esteem and increased ambivalence with respect to dependence and independence (11). Chronic disease also leads to an alteration of self-concept with unsatisfactory body-image, fear of rejection, problems in peer relationships, fear of independence, and doubts about self-sufficiency (1, 4, 6, 8, 9).…”

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“…leads to an alteration of self-concept with unsatisfactory body-image, fear of rejection, problems in peer relationships, fear of independence, and doubts about self-sufficiency (1,4,6,8,9).…”

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Thalassemia and the adolescent: An investigation of chronic illness, individuals, and systems.

Georganda

1988

Family Systems Medicine

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Five families participated in this phenomenological study of the impact of thalassemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, on the life of the affected teenager and his or her parents. Family members were interviewed separately for a maximum of one hour each. They shared their views regarding the impact of the illness on their everyday lives, on their relationships with each other, on their relationships with their friends, and on their perception of themselves and the future. Their coping and adaptive processes are identified.

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The role of social support systems in adolescent cancer amputees

Tebbi

Stern

Boyle

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Cancer

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Amputation is often a component in the treatment of bone tumors such as osteogenic sarcoma, which is most prevalent in the adolescent age group. Adaptation to cancer and loss of a limb requires a significant multidimensional effort. To examine the role of social support systems, 27 adolescents who had undergone amputations for cancer were interviewed. Inquiries were made regarding patients' perceived social support providers and the impact of amputation upon their lives and independence. Parents, especially mothers, were perceived as realistic and most helpful at the time of surgery (80%), followed by professional hospital staff (59.3%), and siblings (59.3%). Friends of patients were less helpful, as many reported their friends felt sorry for them (65.4%), avoided them (33.3%), or drifted away (40%). Only 7.4% of the patients had a clear preference to be associated with other amputees. This study details other preferences and difficulties encountered by the adolescent amputees and the role of support systems in their adaptation to their disease and amputation.

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Social and Psychological Development of Adolescents and the Relationship to Chronic Illness

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Strategies to promote the developmental needs of hospitalized adolescents

Strategies to promote the developmental needs of hospitalized adolescents

Thalassemia and the adolescent: An investigation of chronic illness, individuals, and systems.

The role of social support systems in adolescent cancer amputees

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