Psychosocial Effects of Breast Cancer on the Patient's Children

摘要: Nineteen breast cancer outpatients responded to a semistructured interview and written measures of maternal psychosocial adjustment children's adjustment. Mothers on 32 children who did not differ from normative sample emotional behavior problems overall competence. However, the mothers reported significantly higher psychological distress than mixed patients. Hierarchical multiple regressions revealed that whose have serious complications associated with treatment more were rated as having problems. experience also sigmficantly lower competence in their children. Finally, family adaptability appeared be related ability cope mother's illness. The authors suggest implications include providing con...