Factors associated with the mental health of adolescents when a parent has cancer.
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Factors associated with the mental health of adolescents when a parent has cancer. / Lindqvist, B; Schmitt, F; Santalahti, P; Romer, Georg; Piha, J.
in: SCAND J PSYCHOL, Jahrgang 48, Nr. 4, 4, 2007, S. 345-351.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Factors associated with the mental health of adolescents when a parent has cancer.
AU - Lindqvist, B
AU - Schmitt, F
AU - Santalahti, P
AU - Romer, Georg
AU - Piha, J
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This study explored factors associated with the mental health in adolescents (ages 11-17; n = 54) within 12 months after a parent had been diagnosed with cancer. A control group was included (ages 11-17; n = 49). A demographic questionnaire, the SF-8 Health Survey, the Youth Self Report and the McMaster Family Assessment Device were used. Similar levels of psychological distress and healthy family functioning were reported in the clinical and the control group. No effect of gender of the ill parent and that of the adolescent was found. A negative correlation was found between the physical health of the ill parent and the mental health of the adolescent. Healthy family functioning correlated with less psychological distress in adolescents with a parent with cancer. Open communication, flexible problem solving and appropriate affective involvement were significant predictors for less psychological distress in the adolescents. The study concludes that a healthy family functioning facilitated the adolescent's adjustment to parental cancer.
AB - This study explored factors associated with the mental health in adolescents (ages 11-17; n = 54) within 12 months after a parent had been diagnosed with cancer. A control group was included (ages 11-17; n = 49). A demographic questionnaire, the SF-8 Health Survey, the Youth Self Report and the McMaster Family Assessment Device were used. Similar levels of psychological distress and healthy family functioning were reported in the clinical and the control group. No effect of gender of the ill parent and that of the adolescent was found. A negative correlation was found between the physical health of the ill parent and the mental health of the adolescent. Healthy family functioning correlated with less psychological distress in adolescents with a parent with cancer. Open communication, flexible problem solving and appropriate affective involvement were significant predictors for less psychological distress in the adolescents. The study concludes that a healthy family functioning facilitated the adolescent's adjustment to parental cancer.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 48
SP - 345
EP - 351
JO - SCAND J PSYCHOL
JF - SCAND J PSYCHOL
SN - 0036-5564
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -
