A Meta-Analytic Review of the Influence of Pediatric Cancer on Parent and Family Functioning

Ahna L.H. Pai; Rachel Neff Greenley; Amy Lewandowski; Dennis Drotar; Eric Youngstrom; Catherine Cant Peterson

doi:10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.407

A Meta-Analytic Review of the Influence of Pediatric Cancer on Parent and Family Functioning

Ahna L.H. Pai, Rachel Neff Greenley, Amy Lewandowski, Dennis Drotar, Eric Youngstrom, Catherine Cant Peterson

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

293 Scopus citations

Abstract

This study used meta-analytic methods to compare the functioning of parents of children with cancer to parents of physically healthy children or normative samples. A meta-analysis using fixed effects, weighted least squares methods was conducted on 29 studies examining psychological distress and marital and family functioning among parents of children with cancer. Mothers and fathers of children newly diagnosed with cancer reported significantly greater distress than comparison samples. Mothers reported greater distress than fathers up to 12 months postdiagnosis. Mothers of children with cancer reported higher levels of family conflict than mothers of healthy children. Findings suggest that pediatric cancer impacts parents' perceptions of self- and family functioning, especially within the 1st year following diagnosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	407-415
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Family Psychology
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.407
State	Published - Sep 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

childhood cancer
family functioning
psychological distress

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Psychology

Access to Document

10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.407

Cite this

@article{4b476f6e1f484ce794893b4bb43ab18d,

title = "A Meta-Analytic Review of the Influence of Pediatric Cancer on Parent and Family Functioning",

abstract = "This study used meta-analytic methods to compare the functioning of parents of children with cancer to parents of physically healthy children or normative samples. A meta-analysis using fixed effects, weighted least squares methods was conducted on 29 studies examining psychological distress and marital and family functioning among parents of children with cancer. Mothers and fathers of children newly diagnosed with cancer reported significantly greater distress than comparison samples. Mothers reported greater distress than fathers up to 12 months postdiagnosis. Mothers of children with cancer reported higher levels of family conflict than mothers of healthy children. Findings suggest that pediatric cancer impacts parents' perceptions of self- and family functioning, especially within the 1st year following diagnosis.",

keywords = "childhood cancer, family functioning, psychological distress",

author = "Pai, {Ahna L.H.} and Greenley, {Rachel Neff} and Amy Lewandowski and Dennis Drotar and Eric Youngstrom and Peterson, {Catherine Cant}",

year = "2007",

month = sep,

doi = "10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.407",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "21",

pages = "407--415",

journal = "Journal of Family Psychology",

issn = "0893-3200",

publisher = "American Psychological Association Inc.",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - A Meta-Analytic Review of the Influence of Pediatric Cancer on Parent and Family Functioning

AU - Pai, Ahna L.H.

AU - Greenley, Rachel Neff

AU - Lewandowski, Amy

AU - Drotar, Dennis

AU - Youngstrom, Eric

AU - Peterson, Catherine Cant

PY - 2007/9

Y1 - 2007/9

N2 - This study used meta-analytic methods to compare the functioning of parents of children with cancer to parents of physically healthy children or normative samples. A meta-analysis using fixed effects, weighted least squares methods was conducted on 29 studies examining psychological distress and marital and family functioning among parents of children with cancer. Mothers and fathers of children newly diagnosed with cancer reported significantly greater distress than comparison samples. Mothers reported greater distress than fathers up to 12 months postdiagnosis. Mothers of children with cancer reported higher levels of family conflict than mothers of healthy children. Findings suggest that pediatric cancer impacts parents' perceptions of self- and family functioning, especially within the 1st year following diagnosis.

AB - This study used meta-analytic methods to compare the functioning of parents of children with cancer to parents of physically healthy children or normative samples. A meta-analysis using fixed effects, weighted least squares methods was conducted on 29 studies examining psychological distress and marital and family functioning among parents of children with cancer. Mothers and fathers of children newly diagnosed with cancer reported significantly greater distress than comparison samples. Mothers reported greater distress than fathers up to 12 months postdiagnosis. Mothers of children with cancer reported higher levels of family conflict than mothers of healthy children. Findings suggest that pediatric cancer impacts parents' perceptions of self- and family functioning, especially within the 1st year following diagnosis.

KW - childhood cancer

KW - family functioning

KW - psychological distress

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34748920972&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=34748920972&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.407

DO - 10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.407

M3 - Article

C2 - 17874926

AN - SCOPUS:34748920972

SN - 0893-3200

VL - 21

SP - 407

EP - 415

JO - Journal of Family Psychology

JF - Journal of Family Psychology

IS - 3

ER -

A Meta-Analytic Review of the Influence of Pediatric Cancer on Parent and Family Functioning

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this