Pediatric Cancer

Research from B. Duran et al Broadens Understanding of Pediatric Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 9th, 2011

2011 AUG 9 -- "The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the psychometric characteristics of a scale designed to measure parents' attitude toward childhood cancer after treatment has ended. In this study, the 2 theoretical frameworks (theory of attitude and theory of worry) were used as they related to the study," scientists in New Haven, Connecticut report.

"An attitude is an idea charged with negative or positive emotion, directed to a psychological object, such as cancer. A sample of 84 White, middle class, American parents (n = 49 mothers, n = 35 fathers) of 51 childhood cancer survivors, whose treatment ended between 1988 and 2005, was...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-08-09)

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