Abstract
Sixty-four families of children diagnosed with leukemia participated in the Coping Project, a prospective study of family coping with leukemia. Based on ratings made by physicians, nurses, psychosocial staff, and parents, most families appeared to be coping well at 1 year postdiagnosis. Mothers'; self-ratings were significantly higher at I year than at diagnosis, but ratings by professional staff were relatively stable. Variables which were found to be related to good coping were age of child, coping with other family members, occupational status of the father, and lack of sibling problems. Parent personality and disposition towards coping were not related to coping, nor was continued psychosocial intervention at this time. It was speculated that since most of the children were in remission, there were fewer crises and less need for intervention than in the early treatment phase of the illness.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 157-174 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of pediatric psychology |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1982 |
Funding
'The authors wish to thank research assistants Mary E. Mudd and Cathryn Richardson for their invaluable assistance in compiling and analyzing the data for this paper. Thanks are also due Loy Thomas, Lynne Tylke, Rhoda KJing, and Connie Stueucr for their dedication and professionalism as intervenors throughout the project. We are also grateful to Betsy Gilpin, Martha Schulman, and Mary Fran Riley for their work in family observation and data collection, and to volunteers Alice Saar and Di Cross for their summation of clinical data. This project was funded by Grant CA 19344 from the National Cancer Institute, NIH, and by the Margaret Etter Creche Learning Center. "All correspondence should be addressed to Mary Jo Kupst, Division of Child Psychiatry, Children's Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children's Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60614.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
