Sibling Adaptation To Childhood Cancer Collaborative Study: Siblings' Perceptions Of The Cancer Experience |
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| Authors: | Sargent, Janice R. Sahler, Olle Jane Z. Roghmann, Klaus J. Mulhern, Raymond K. Barbarian, Oscar A. Carpenter, Paul J. Copeland, Donna R. Dolgin, Michael J. Zeltzer, Lonnie K. |
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| Affiliation: | University of Utah, University of Rochester, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, Tennessee, University of Michigan, University of Rochester, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas, Los Angeles Children's Hospital, The University of California Los Angeles 2All correspondence should be sent to Janice R. Sargent, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, 50 No. Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132 |
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| Abstract: | Investigated responses of siblings (N = 254) of children withcancer to structured interviews designed to elicit thoughtsand feelings about effects of cancer on self and family. Siblingsindicated distress about family separations and disruptions,lack of attention, focus offamily on the ill child, negativefeelings in themselves and family members, cancer treatmentsand their effects, and fear of death. Siblings also reportedbecoming more compassionate, families becoming closer, and havingexperiences they otherwise would not have had. Age and genderdifferences in responses indicated distinctive perceptions ofand vulnerability to the cancer experience. Older siblings werefar more likely to report positive effects than younger siblingssuggesting that level of maturity can moderate the stress ofan ill child within the family. |
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| Keywords: | sibling adjustment childhood cancer chronic illness. |
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