Posttraumatic stress symptoms in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer and their mothers
Posttraumatic stress symptoms in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer and their mothers
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1024465415620
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发表时间：
2003-08-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Lambert, R
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作者：
Brown, RT;Madan-Swain, A;Lambert, R
我们研究了儿童癌症青少年幸存者及其母亲的创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状，以及家庭功能的贡献，包括感知的情感支持和家庭冲突，以及生活压力和疾病严重程度等个人因素对PTSD症状的影响。参与者是52名青少年癌症幸存者及其母亲和42名健康青少年及其母亲。研究结果显示，癌症幸存者的母亲比健康的母亲支持更多的PTSD症状，幸存者和母亲也报告了更多的最近和过去的压力生活事件。虽然没有幸存者符合PTSD诊断的临床标准，但超过36%的人赞同轻度阈下抑郁症。在家庭系统框架内理解PTSD症状的背景下讨论了调查结果。
We examined symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer and their mothers and the contribution of family functioning, including perceived emotional support and familial conflict, and individual factors including life stress and severity of disease to PTSD symptoms. Participants were 52 adolescent cancer survivors and their mothers and 42 healthy adolescent counterparts and their mothers. Findings revealed that mothers of cancer survivors endorsed more PTSD symptoms than did their healthy counterparts and that survivors and mothers also reported greater recent and past stressful life events. Although no survivors met clinical criteria for a PTSD diagnosis, over 36% endorsed mild subthreshold symptomatology. Findings are discussed in the context of understanding PTSD symptoms within a family systems framework.