Post-traumatic stress symptoms in childhood brain tumour survivors and their parents
<p><strong>Objectives</strong> This study aimed to investigate post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in childhood brain tumour survivors and their parents. A further aim was to explore the relationship between objective illness parameters, parent–child interactions, coping styles...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2010
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| Summary: | <p><strong>Objectives</strong> This study aimed to investigate post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in childhood brain tumour survivors and their parents. A further aim was to explore the relationship between objective illness parameters, parent–child interactions, coping styles and PTSS.</p>
<p><strong>Methods</strong> A cross-sectional correlational design was employed. Fifty-two childhood brain tumour survivors, aged 8–16, and 52 parents completed a battery of questionnaires designed to assess quality of parent–child interactions, monitoring and blunting attentional coping styles and PTSS.</p>
<p><strong>Results</strong> Over one-third (35%) of survivors and 29% of their parents reported severe levels of PTSS (suggestive of post-traumatic stress disorder ‘caseness’). Increased parent–child conflict resolution for survivors and number of tumour recurrences for parents independently predicted the variance in PTSS.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusions</strong> For a substantial proportion of brain tumour survivors and their parents the process of survivorship is a considerably distressing experience.</p> |
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