Children's positive dispositional attributes, parents empathic responses, and children's responses to painful pediatric oncology treatment procedures

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 593-613

  Harper, Felicity W K ^a,b   Penner, Louis A ^a,b   Peterson, Amy ^a   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a,b   Taub, Jeffrey ^b  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; empathy; families; pain distress; pediatric; resilience; temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866415980     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2012.703771     Document Type: Article

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