Katianne M Howard Sharp1,2,3, Victoria W Willard1, Sarah Barnes1,2, Rachel Tillery1,2,4, Alanna Long1, Sean Phipps1. 1. Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. 2. Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA. 3. Department of Psychiatry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, MS, USA. 4. Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital , University of Memphis, TN, USA.
Abstract
Background: Examined youth’s perceptions of parental reactions to youth’s cancer and non-cancer event-related distress and the link between perceptions of parental reactions and youth posttraumatic growth (PTG). Method: Participants included 201 youth (8–21 years) with a history of cancer. Participants self-identified their most stressful life event, which were characterized as cancer or non-cancer related, and then completed measures in reference to this event assessing (1) their perceptions of parent reactions to event-related distress and (2) PTG. Results: Youth who identified a cancer-related event perceived their parents as reacting with more support and reassurance/distraction than those who identified a non-cancer event. Perceptions of parental support, reassurance/distraction, and magnification of youth distress were associated with more PTG, with event type (cancer vs. non-cancer) indirectly predicting PTG through perceptions of parental support. Conclusion: Youth perceive their parents as reacting differently to cancer versus non-cancer distress, which is in turn predictive of their perceptions of growth. Findings suggest that parental support and reassurance/distraction are possible mechanisms facilitating resilience and growth in children with cancer.
Background: Examined youth’s perceptions of parental reactions to youth’s cancer and non-cancer event-related distress and the link between perceptions of parental reactions and youth posttraumatic growth (PTG). Method: Participants included 201 youth (8–21 years) with a history of cancer. Participants self-identified their most stressful life event, which were characterized as cancer or non-cancer related, and then completed measures in reference to this event assessing (1) their perceptions of parent reactions to event-related distress and (2) PTG. Results: Youth who identified a cancer-related event perceived their parents as reacting with more support and reassurance/distraction than those who identified a non-cancer event. Perceptions of parental support, reassurance/distraction, and magnification of youth distress were associated with more PTG, with event type (cancer vs. non-cancer) indirectly predicting PTG through perceptions of parental support. Conclusion: Youth perceive their parents as reacting differently to cancer versus non-cancer distress, which is in turn predictive of their perceptions of growth. Findings suggest that parental support and reassurance/distraction are possible mechanisms facilitating resilience and growth in children with cancer.
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