Psychosocial adjustment of siblings of children with cancer: A systematic review

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 789-805

  Alderfer, Melissa A ^a   Long, Kristin A ^b   Lown, E Anne ^c   Marsland, Anna L ^b   Ostrowski, Nancy L ^d   Hock, Janet M ^e   Ewing, Linda J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e Maine Institute for Human Genetics & Health   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Oncology; Psychosocial adjustment; Siblings; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANGER; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CINAHL; EMPATHY; FEAR; GUILT; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MATURITY; MEDLINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHOCK; SIBLING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77955132298     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1638     Document Type: Review

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