Psychological Functioning, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Coping in Parents and Siblings of Adolescent Cancer Survivors

Andrea M. Turner-Sack, PhD; Rosanne Menna, PhD; Sarah R. Setchell, PhD; Cathy Maan, PhD; and Danielle Cataudella, PsyD
ONF
10.1188/16.ONF.48-56

Description

Design: Descriptive, correlational.

Setting: Children's Hospital of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.

Sample: Adolescents who finished cancer treatment 2–10 years prior (n = 31), as well as their parents (n = 30) and siblings (n = 18).

Methods: Participants completed self-report measures of psychological distress, PTG, life satisfaction, coping, and cancer-related characteristics.

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