Posttraumatic Growth and Adverse Long-Term Effects of Parental Cancer in Children

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-63

  Wong, Melisa L ^a   Cavanaugh, Courtenay E ^b   MacLeamy, Jennifer B ^c   Sojourner Nelson, Athena ^d   Koopman, Cheryl ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; child; parent; posttraumatic growth; qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349171013     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014771     Document Type: Article

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