The effects of guided written disclosure on psychological symptoms among parents of children with cancer

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 370-384

  Duncan, Elaine ^a   Gidron, Yori ^b   Rabin, Eyal ^c   Gouchberg, Liza ^d   Moser, Asher M ^e   Kapelushnik, Josef ^e  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distress; Guided written disclosure; Parents; Pediatric cancer

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WRITING;

EID: 34548705494     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840707303843     Document Type: Article

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