Satisfaction with support versus size of network: Differential effects of social support on psychological distress in parents of pediatric cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 551-558

  Harper, Felicity W K ^a,b   Peterson, Amy M ^a   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a,b   Taub, Jeffrey W ^b,c   Phipps, Sean ^d   Penner, Louis A ^a,b  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; oncology; parents; pediatric; psychological distress; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84931091373     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3863     Document Type: Article

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