Connections of Posttraumatic Stress and Growth in Childhood Cancer Survivors and Their Parents

0546024 - PSÚ 2022 RIV US eng A - Abstrakt
Koutná, Veronika - Vobořil, Dalibor - Blatný, Marek - Jelínek, Martin
Connections of Posttraumatic Stress and Growth in Childhood Cancer Survivors and Their Parents.
Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice. IPOS 2021 Abstracts Booklet. Vol. 3, S1. Wolters Kluwer Health Inc., 2021. s. 143-144.
[World Congress of Psycho-Oncology and Psychosocial Academy /22./. 26.05.2021-29.05.2021, Kyoto]
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA19-06524S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081740
Klíčová slova: posttraumatic stress * posttraumatická growth * childhood cancer survivors * parent-child connections
Obor OECD: Psychology (including human - machine relations)
https://journals.lww.com/jporp/Citation/2021/06001/IPOS_2021_Abstracts_Booklet.1.aspx

This study aims to analyse the parent-child connections in self-reported posttraumatic stress (PTSS) and growth (PTG) as well as the concordance of child self-reported and parent proxy-reported PTG following pediatric cancer. The sample included 185 childhood cancer survivors (98 males, age m=17.4 sd=4.2, off-treatment m=8.7 years sd=2.9) and 142 parents. Both survivors and parents self-reported own PTSS and PTG, and parents also proxy-reported PTG of their child. Pairwise correlations with sample size ranging from 116 to 185 were performed between self-reported measures of PTSS and PTG as well as parent proxy-report of PTG in the child. Correlation analysis showed parent proxy-reports of PTG in their child are more strongly influenced by parental own PTG and PTSS than actual PTG reported by the child. Parental PTSS and PTG are moderately correlated, but in survivors, PTSS and PTG are not related. However, PTG of the survivors is weakly related to PTSS and PTG of their parents. These correlations remained significant also after controlling for current age and age at diagnosis. Parent proxy-reports of PTG in their child may reflect their own PTG rather than PTG of their child. The relationship between PTG and PTSS in the context of childhood cancer differs depending on the reporter (parent/child). The results support the connection of parent and child psychosocial adaptation following pediatric cancer and illustrate the importance of clinical care for both, childhood cancer survivors and their parents.

Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0322811