The relationship between parental overprotection and health-related quality of life in pediatric cancer: the mediating role of perceived child vulnerability

被引:56
作者
Hullmann, Stephanie E. [1 ]
Wolfe-Christensen, Cortney [2 ]
Meyer, William H. [3 ]
McNall-Knapp, Rene Y. [3 ]
Mullins, Larry L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Oklahoma State Univ, Dept Psychol, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
[2] Childrens Hosp Michigan, Dept Pediat Neurol, Detroit, MI 48201 USA
[3] Univ Oklahoma, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Pediat, Oklahoma City, OK 73190 USA
关键词
Cancer; Child; Quality of life; Overprotection; Vulnerability; RELATIONSHIP DISORDERS; ADJUSTMENT; STRESS; PERCEPTIONS; ANXIETY; SCALE;
D O I
10.1007/s11136-010-9696-3
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
The current study sought to examine the relation of parental overprotection and perceived child vulnerability to parent-reported health-related quality of life in parents of children with cancer. Parents (N = 89) of children who had been diagnosed with cancer completed measures of parental overprotection, perceived child vulnerability, and parent-proxy report of health-related quality of life. After controlling for theoretically relevant covariates, parental overprotection and perceived child vulnerability were both found to be significantly related to child health-related quality of life. Additional analyses revealed that perceived child vulnerability mediated the relationship between overprotective parenting behaviors and the child's health-related quality of life. The findings highlight the need to assess for these discrete parenting variables in parents of children with cancer and to develop interventions to target parental perceptions of vulnerability.
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页码:1373 / 1380
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