Family coping with pediatric leukemia: Ten years after treatment

Mary Jo Kupst; Mario B. Natta; Cathryn C. Richardson; Jerome L. Schulman; John V. Lavigne; Lakshmi Das

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/20.5.601

Family coping with pediatric leukemia: Ten years after treatment

Mary Jo Kupst^*, Mario B. Natta, Cathryn C. Richardson, Jerome L. Schulman, John V. Lavigne, Lakshmi Das

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Abstract

As part of a longitudinal study of family coping with pediatric leukemia, 28 former patients (16 male; 12 female; M age = 19.1 years) and their parents (23 mothers; 12 fathers) participated in a follow-up study at 10 years posttreatment. Measures included the Current Adjustment Rating Scale, the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Ways of Coping Scale, the Family Coping Scale, and a semistruc-tured interview. Long-term survivors and their parents continued to be well-adjusted to life posttreatment. Coping and perceived adjustment in long-term survivors were positively related to socioeconomic status and mother's coping and negatively related to academic problems. A strong bidirectional relationship was found between survivors' and mother's adjustment. Coping strategies were variable and not significantly correlated with coping adequacy or adjustment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	601-617
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of pediatric psychology
Volume	20
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/20.5.601
State	Published - Oct 1995

Keywords

Family coping
Long-term survivors
Mothers' adjustment
Pediatric leukemia
Predictors

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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