Children's adjustment to parental cancer: A theoretical model development

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 362-381

  Su, Ying Hwa ^a,c   Ryan Wenger, Nancy A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Children; Coping; Mediator; Moderator; Parental cancer; Stress; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CANCER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY COPING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548671656     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000290817.37442.e6     Document Type: Review

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