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Posttraumatic Growth of Adolescents with Childhood Leukemia and their Parents.
- Source :
- Child Health Nursing Research; Jan2019, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p9-16, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Purpose: Childhood leukemia is a serious trauma affecting both adolescents and their parents, who experience painful process. However, adolescents with leukemia and their parents also experience positive changes, which is referred to as posttraumatic growth. We examined posttraumatic growth, core beliefs, impact of event, and event-related rumination in adolescents within 5 years of a diagnosis of childhood leukemia and their parents. Methods: The participants were 68 adolescents with childhood leukemia (aged 13~18 years) and their parents, who were recruited from C university hospital in Korea from May to September 2016. The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, Core Belief Inventory, Impact of Event Scale-Revised, and Event-related Rumination Inventory were completed by the adolescents and their parents. The mean scores and correlations between variables were investigated for both set of participants. Results: Parents showed significantly higher levels of posttraumatic growth, disruption of core beliefs, impact of event, and invasive rumination than adolescents. Disruption of core beliefs and deliberate rumination were positively correlated with posttraumatic growth in both groups. Conclusion: Nursing intervention programs that involve modifying core beliefs and inducing a positive thought can help adolescents with leukemia and their parents grow after traumatic events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TUMORS in children
LEUKEMIA
ANALYSIS of variance
STATISTICAL correlation
HEALTH attitudes
MATHEMATICAL models
RESEARCH methodology
POST-traumatic stress disorder
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
THEORY
DATA analysis
FAMILY relations
PARENT attitudes
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
POSTTRAUMATIC growth
ADOLESCENCE
CHILDREN
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22879110
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Child Health Nursing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 134986978
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4094/chnr.2019.25.1.9