ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2014
Distress and the parenting dynamic among BRCA1/2 tested mothers and their partners.
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- Family Adjustment to Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Maternal Communication of BRCA Risk to Adolescent and Young Adult Children: Implications for Supportive Care Intervention.Psycho-oncology · 2026Article
- Modeling the dyadic effects of parenting, stress, and coping on parent-child communication in families tested for hereditary breast-ovarian cancer risk.Familial cancer · 2016Article
- Keeping Secrets or Educating Others: A Dyadic Analysis of Group Entitativity's Influence on Spouses' Label Management Connected to AATD.Health communication · 2016Article
- Women's concerns about the emotional impact of awareness of heritable breast cancer risk and its implications for their children.Journal of community genetics · 2015Article
- Mothering With Advanced Ovarian Cancer: "You've Got to Find That Little Thing That's Going to Make You Strong".Cancer nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the influence of dyadic parenting relationships on psychological distress among mothers tested for BRCA1/2 genetic mutations and their untested partners.
methodsData were from a prospective study of mothers suspected to be at risk for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer who underwent genetic counseling and BRCA1/2 testing and their untested parenting partners (n = 109 parenting dyads). Participants completed assessments before and 1 month after genetic testing. Structural equation modeling was used to examine relationships among mothers' and partners' psychological distress, decisional conflict surrounding communication of test results to their offspring, and the parent-child communication relationship. Psychological distress was measured using items modified from the Brief Symptom Inventory.
resultsAmong mothers, greater psychological distress (B = 0.29, p < .001) and poorer parent-child communication (B = -0.12, p < .01) at baseline predicted greater distress at follow-up. Among partners, greater distress at baseline predicted greater distress at follow-up (B = 0.67, p < .001). Mother and partner decisional conflict at baseline were equally associated with the other dyad member's distress at follow-up (B = 1.17, p < .01), but not their own distress.
conclusionsOur findings indicate that conflicted decision-making over family communication of hereditary breast/ovarian cancer genetic test results for one member of a parenting dyad adversely affects the other dyad member's psychological well-being. Interventions to improve outcomes for mothers who may be at-risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and undergoing BRCA1/2 genetic testing should attend to mothers' and their partners' preferences regarding family communication about hereditary cancer risk.
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