TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krattenmacher, Thomas
A1  - Kühne, Franziska
A1  - Führer, Daniel
A1  - Ernst, Johanna
A1  - Brähler, Elmar
A1  - Herzog, Wolfgang
A1  - Klitzing, Kai
A1  - Flechtner, Hans-Henning
A1  - Bergelt, Corinna
A1  - Romer, Georg
A1  - Möller, Birgit
T1  - Kinder krebskranker Eltern - elterliches Coping, familiäres Funktionsniveau und psychosoziale Anpassung der Kinder
JF  - Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie
N2  - Children exposed to parental cancer have an increased risk of mental health problems. However, the parental illness itself and its features do not predict children's psychological adjustment. Parent- and family-related factors are more predictive for children's well-being and the incidence of psychopathological symptoms, respectively. This study focuses on parental ways of coping with illness from both, the ill and healthy parent's perspective, and the relationship with family functioning and children's adjustment. Results show a significant impact of parental coping styles on children's health-related quality of life and psychopathological symptoms and, furthermore, that this relationship is mediated by aspects of family functioning. This study support the importance of family systems approaches. Implications for further studies and practical issues are discussed.
KW  - Adaptation
KW  - Psychological
KW  - Adolescent
KW  - Adult
KW  - Child
KW  - Child of Impaired Parents/psychology
KW  - Preschool
KW  - Family Relations
KW  - Female
KW  - Germany
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Neoplasms/psychology
KW  - Parents/psychology
KW  - Quality of Life/psychology
KW  - Social Adjustment
KW  - Surveys and Questionnaires
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.13109/prkk.2012.61.6.447
SN  - 0032-7034
VL  - 61
SP  - 447
EP  - 462
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kühne, Franziska
A1  - Krattenmacher, Thomas
A1  - Bergelt, Corinna
A1  - Ernst, Johanna C.
A1  - Flechtner, Hans-Henning
A1  - Führer, Daniel
A1  - Herzog, Wolfgang
A1  - Klitzing, Kai V.
A1  - Romer, Georg
A1  - Möller, Birgit
T1  - Parental palliative cancer: psychosocial adjustment and health-related quality of life in adolescents participating in a German family counselling service
JF  - BMC palliative care
N2  - UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Parental palliative disease is a family affair, however adolescent's well-being and coping are still rarely considered. The objectives of this paper were a) to identify differences in psychosocial adjustment and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among adolescents and young adults with parents suffering from palliative cancer or cancers in other disease stages, b) to relate psychosocial adjustment and health-related quality of life to adolescent coping, and c) to explore significant mediator and predictor variables. METHODS Cross-sectional data were derived from a multi-site research study of families before child-centered counselling. N=86 adolescents and young adults were included, their mean age 13.78 years (sd 2.45), 56% being female. Performed analyses included ANCOVA, multiple linear regression, and mediation analysis. RESULTS Adolescents with parents suffering from palliative cancers reported significantly less total psychosocial problems, and better overall HRQoL. There were no significant group differences regarding coping frequency and efficacy. Our set of coping items significantly mediated the effect of parental disease stage on psychosocial problems and HRQoL. Further, parental disease status and general family functioning predicted psychosocial problems (R2adj =.390) and HRQoL (R2adj =.239) best. CONCLUSION The study indicates distress among adolescents throughout the entire parental disease process. Our analysis suggests that counselling services could offer supportive interventions which focus particularly on adolescent coping as well as family functioning.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-11-21
VL  - 11
SP  - 21
ER  -