Coping, social relations, and communication: A qualitative exploratory study of children of parents with cancer

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-138

  Thastum, Mikael ^a   Johansen, Mikael Birkelund ^a   Gubba, Lotte ^b   Olesen, Louise Berg ^a   Romer, Georg ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Central Hospital of Herning   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Coping; Qualitative study; Somatically ill parents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMMUNICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DENMARK; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMS THEORY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 38349141344     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104507086345     Document Type: Article

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