A comparison of the emotional and behavioral problems of children of patients with cancer or a mental disorder and their association with parental quality of life

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 213-220

  Krattenmacher, Thomas ^a   Kühne, Franziska ^a   Halverscheid, Susanne ^a   Wiegand Grefe, Silke ^a   Bergelt, Corinna ^a   Romer, Georg ^a   Möller, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Child care; Coping; Oncology; Parents; Psychosocial aspects; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; YOUNG ADULT;

CANCER; CHILD CARE; COPING; ONCOLOGY; PARENTS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84893723952     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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