TY - JOUR
T1 - Using problem-solving skills training to reduce negative affectivity in mothers of children with newly diagnosed cancer
T2 - Report of a multisite randomized trial
AU - Sahler, Olle Jane Z.
AU - Phipps, Sean
AU - Mulhern, Raymond K.
AU - Noll, Robert B.
AU - Varni, James W.
AU - Fairclough, Diane L.
AU - Dolgin, Michael J.
AU - Katz, Ernest R.
AU - Copeland, Donna R.
AU - Butler, Robert W.
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - Mothers of children with cancer experience significant distress associated with their children's diagnosis and treatment. The efficacy of problem-solving skills training (PSST), a cognitive-behavioral intervention based on problem-solving therapy, was assessed among 430 English- and Spanish-speaking mothers of recently diagnosed patients. Participants were randomized to usual psychosocial care (UPC; n = 213) or UPC plus 8 sessions of PSST (PSST; n = 217). Compared with UPC mothers, PSST mothers reported significantly enhanced problem-solving skills and significantly decreased negative affectivity. Although effects were largest immediately after PSST, several differences in problem-solving skills and distress levels persisted to the 3-month follow-up. In general, efficacy for Spanish-speaking mothers exceeded that for English-speaking mothers. Findings also suggest young, single mothers profit most from PSST.
AB - Mothers of children with cancer experience significant distress associated with their children's diagnosis and treatment. The efficacy of problem-solving skills training (PSST), a cognitive-behavioral intervention based on problem-solving therapy, was assessed among 430 English- and Spanish-speaking mothers of recently diagnosed patients. Participants were randomized to usual psychosocial care (UPC; n = 213) or UPC plus 8 sessions of PSST (PSST; n = 217). Compared with UPC mothers, PSST mothers reported significantly enhanced problem-solving skills and significantly decreased negative affectivity. Although effects were largest immediately after PSST, several differences in problem-solving skills and distress levels persisted to the 3-month follow-up. In general, efficacy for Spanish-speaking mothers exceeded that for English-speaking mothers. Findings also suggest young, single mothers profit most from PSST.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-006X.73.2.272
DO - 10.1037/0022-006X.73.2.272
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C2 - 15796635
AN - SCOPUS:20144389796
SN - 0022-006X
VL - 73
SP - 272
EP - 283
JO - Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
JF - Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
IS - 2
ER -