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Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

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01-12-2017

Childhood Cancer and Brain Tumor Late Effects: Relationships with Family Burden and Survivor Psychological Outcomes

Authors: Melissa K. Cousino, Rebecca Hazen, Katherine Leigh Josie, Kelly Laschinger, Peter de Blank, H. Gerry Taylor

Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings | Issue 3-4/2017

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This study examines illness-specific family burden as a mediator of the association between late effects of childhood cancer and survivors’ emotional and behavioral outcomes. Childhood cancer survivors (n = 65; ages 10–17) two or more years off-treatment completed measures assessing internalizing and PTSD symptoms. Parents reported on illness-specific family burden, late effects severity, and survivor internalizing/externalizing problems. Providers documented the number of late effects. Illness-specific family burden was correlated with provider-reported late effects (r = .29, p < .05) and parent report of severe late effects (r = .56, p < .01). Results supported an indirect effect of illness-specific family burden on number of late effects and parent-reported survivor internalizing problems, p < .05. Indirect effects were not found in models predicting PTSD and externalizing problems. Illness-specific family burden is an important intervention target for reducing internalizing problems in childhood cancer survivors with late effects.

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Title: Childhood Cancer and Brain Tumor Late Effects: Relationships with Family Burden and Survivor Psychological Outcomes
Authors: Melissa K. Cousino
Rebecca Hazen
Katherine Leigh Josie
Kelly Laschinger
Peter de Blank
H. Gerry Taylor
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings / Issue 3-4/2017
Print ISSN: 1068-9583
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3572
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-017-9519-6

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