Family Functioning and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 717-725

  Alderfer, Melissa A ^a,b   Navsaria, Neha ^a   Kazak, Anne E ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; cancer survivors; family functioning; posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEOPLASM; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 70350130995     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015996     Document Type: Article

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