TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal problem-solving therapy in pediatric cancer
AU - Varni, James W.
AU - Sahler, Olle Jane
AU - Katz, Ernest R.
AU - Mulhern, Raymond K.
AU - Copeland, Donna R.
AU - Noll, Robert B.
AU - Phipps, Sean
AU - Dolgin, Michael J.
AU - Roghmann, Klaus
PY - 1999/5/10
Y1 - 1999/5/10
N2 - Summary: This article describes a cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for teaching mothers of newly diagnosed patients with pediatric cancer to solve their problems, problems related to their child's illness, and the family's emotional reactions to the illness. The authors discuss the challenges and effects of maternal adjustment throughout the various stages of the child's illness, review the characteristics of adult learners, describe a maternal problem-solving therapy program, and provide an overview of the structured educational process, followed by a detailed discussion of a six-step maternal problem-solving therapy intervention. Finally, they describe an inventory that measures the effects of the intervention, which is being tested in a randomized controlled trial.
AB - Summary: This article describes a cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for teaching mothers of newly diagnosed patients with pediatric cancer to solve their problems, problems related to their child's illness, and the family's emotional reactions to the illness. The authors discuss the challenges and effects of maternal adjustment throughout the various stages of the child's illness, review the characteristics of adult learners, describe a maternal problem-solving therapy program, and provide an overview of the structured educational process, followed by a detailed discussion of a six-step maternal problem-solving therapy intervention. Finally, they describe an inventory that measures the effects of the intervention, which is being tested in a randomized controlled trial.
KW - Coping
KW - Mothers of children with cancer
KW - Pediatric cancer
KW - Problem-solving therapy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033000872&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1300/J077v16n03_04
DO - 10.1300/J077v16n03_04
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AN - SCOPUS:0033000872
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 16
SP - 41
EP - 71
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 3-4
ER -