TY - JOUR
T1 - Social and emotional adjustment in young survivors of childhood cancer
AU - Stam, H.
AU - Grootenhuis, M.
AU - Last, B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This literature study has been supported and financed by the Dutch Cancer Society.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - An overview is given of the social and emotional adjustment in young survivors of childhood cancer. The results are described in terms of self-esteem, anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress (emotional adjustment), and in terms of behavioral functioning, social competence and school performance (socio-behavioral adjustment). Furthermore, factors related to survivors' adjustment are reported: demographics, illness- and treatment-related factors, coping and social support, and family and parental functioning. Limitations of the studies and consequences for future research are discussed. On the whole, the adjustment of young cancer survivors as a group was reasonably good, but the findings with respect to the emotional and social adjustment were inconsistent. This might be attributed to limitations of the study designs and the fact that the studies were not all directly comparable. In order to gain more insight into the predictors of adjustment, longitudinal studies are recommended, which should include control groups or standardized instruments with norm data, and use cancer-specific measures in addition to generic measures.
AB - An overview is given of the social and emotional adjustment in young survivors of childhood cancer. The results are described in terms of self-esteem, anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress (emotional adjustment), and in terms of behavioral functioning, social competence and school performance (socio-behavioral adjustment). Furthermore, factors related to survivors' adjustment are reported: demographics, illness- and treatment-related factors, coping and social support, and family and parental functioning. Limitations of the studies and consequences for future research are discussed. On the whole, the adjustment of young cancer survivors as a group was reasonably good, but the findings with respect to the emotional and social adjustment were inconsistent. This might be attributed to limitations of the study designs and the fact that the studies were not all directly comparable. In order to gain more insight into the predictors of adjustment, longitudinal studies are recommended, which should include control groups or standardized instruments with norm data, and use cancer-specific measures in addition to generic measures.
KW - Childhood cancer
KW - Emotional adjustment
KW - Review
KW - Social adjustment
KW - Survivors
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U2 - 10.1007/s005200100271
DO - 10.1007/s005200100271
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11680830
AN - SCOPUS:0034816628
SN - 0941-4355
VL - 9
SP - 489
EP - 513
JO - Supportive Care in Cancer
JF - Supportive Care in Cancer
IS - 7
ER -