Impact of Prior Traumatic Life Events on Parental Early Stage Reactions following a Child's Cancer

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Boman, Krister K ^a,b   Kjällander, Ylva ^a,c   Eksborg, Staffan ^a   Becker, Jeremy ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Aastrid Lindgren Children's Hospital   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875038812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057556     Document Type: Article

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