ArticleJournal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP
Pediatric Cancer Patients' Treatment-Related Distress and Longer-Term Anxiety: An Individual Differences Perspective.
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- Subjective Toxicity Profiles of Children in Treatment for Cancer: A New Guide to Supportive Care?Journal of pain and symptom management · 2021Article
- Martial Arts-Based Therapy Reduces Pain and Distress Among Children with Chronic Health Conditions and Their Siblings.Journal of pain research · 2020Article
- Understanding differences in the long-term psychosocial adjustment of pediatric cancer patients and their parents: an individual differences resources model.Translational behavioral medicine · 2019Article
- Neurodevelopmental consequences of pediatric cancer and its treatment: applying an early adversity framework to understanding cognitive, behavioral, and emotional outcomes.Neuropsychology review · 2018Review
- Distinct neural correlates of trait resilience within core neurocognitive networks in at-risk children and adolescents.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2018Article
- Parents' Verbal and Nonverbal Caring Behaviors and Child Distress During Cancer-Related Port Access Procedures: A Time-Window Sequential Analysis.Oncology nursing forum · 2017Observational
- Profiles of Symptom Suffering and Functioning in Children and Adolescents Receiving Chemotherapy.Cancer nursingArticle
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objectiveAlthough distress during treatment procedures and longer-term treatment-related anxiety are among the most common cancer-related stressors for children and their families, they are not invariant. This study examined whether individual differences in temperament and personality play a role in how children respond to treatment procedures. Attention control, a facet of the effortful control dimension of temperament, and the personality attribute ego-resilience were hypothesized to predict lower levels of distress during procedures. Moreover, ego-resilience and distress during procedures were hypothesized to account for indirect associations between attention control and longer-term treatment-related anxiety. Child gender was examined as a potential moderator of these relationships.
methodParticipants were 147 children undergoing treatment for pediatric cancer and their parents. At baseline, parents reported on children's effortful control and ego-resilience. Multiple raters assessed children's distress during multiple cancer-related procedures. Treatment-related anxiety was measured 3 and 9 months after the last assessed treatment procedure.
resultsAttention control was linked to ego-resilience and lower levels of distress, and these variables, in turn, accounted for indirect associations between attention control and treatment-related anxiety. Associations involving ego-resilience were stronger for boys than girls.
conclusionAttention control plays an important role in children's immediate and longer-term responses to cancer-related medical procedures. Medical staff should consider individual differences in child temperament and personality when considering the nature and extent of support to provide to pediatric cancer patients and their families.
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