Prevalence and predictors of emotional and behavioural functioning of children where a parent has cancer: A multinational study

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4030-4039

  Thastum, Mikael ^a   Watson, Maggie ^b,c   Kienbacher, Christian ^d   Piha, Jorma ^e   Steck, Barbara ^f   Zachariae, Robert ^a   Baldus, Christiane ^g   Romer, Georg ^g  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Children; Externalizing problems; Family; Family function; Internalizing problems; Parent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69249114657     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24449     Document Type: Article

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