Cancer families with children: Factors associated with family functioning - A comparative study in Finland

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-372

  Schmitt, Florence ^a   Santalahti, P ^a   Saarelainen, S ^b   Savonlahti, E ^a   Romer, G ^c   Piha, J ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depression; Family functioning; Oncology; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41949102402     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1241     Document Type: Article

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