S Phipps

..We report results of a multisite trial designed to improve psychological adjustment and HRQL in children undergoing SCT...

..Within the cancer group, repressive adaptation was unrelated to time elapsed since diagnosis. These findings are discussed with reference to the ongoing controversy regarding cancer-personality style associations...

..These findings point to appropriate targets for intervention to reduce transplant-related distress...

..To describe cognitive and academic outcomes in survivors after pediatric stem-cell transplantation (SCT) through 5-years post-SCT...

..To examine psychosocial predictors of distress (mood disturbance, perceived stress, caregiver burden) in parents of children undergoing stem cell or bone marrow transplantation (BMT)...

..To examine symptom levels of posttraumatic stress (PTS) in children with cancer and their parents as a function of patient and parent adaptive style...

..This study examined PTSS levels in both patients and parents as a function of time elapsed from diagnosis, and by use of parent versus child reports for assessing patient PTSS...

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..To examine the symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTSS) in children as a function of health status (cancer vs healthy) and adaptive style...

..To describe the development of a brief measure of benefit finding for children. Data regarding the psychometrics and validity of the instrument were examined in a sample of children with cancer...

..Based on patient and parent perception of helpfulness, two complementary treatments, massage and humour therapy, emerged as the most promising approaches for use in the BMT setting and are now the focus of a randomized clinical trial...

..Measurement of anhedonia may provide an interesting avenue for further research, but there is still no adequately validated self-report instrument for the measurement of depressive symptoms in children with cancer...

..To evaluate cognitive and academic functioning in survivors of pediatric bone marrow transplants (BMTs) at 1 and 3 years after a BMT...

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..These findings suggest a shift toward repressiveness in response to the diagnosis of cancer that is then maintained over time and necessitate further examination of the health consequences of adaptive style in this population...

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..This trial evaluated the efficacy of complementary therapies (massage, humor therapy, relaxation/imagery) for reducing distress associated with pediatric SCT...

..These findings help to target specific subgroups of patients that may be in greater need of preventive interventions or more aggressive supportive care...

..To examine parental symptoms of depression, family environment, and interaction of these parent and family factors in explaining severity of distress in children scheduled to undergo stem cell or bone marrow transplantation...

..To examine a revised measure of benefit finding for children, in relation to perceptions of illness-related burden, and other measures of child psychological functioning...

..In cases in which the child is either too young or too ill to provide a self-report, parent-reported HRQL can be viewed as a reliable substitute...

..This study examined the self report of somatic symptoms in children with cancer and matched healthy control children as a function of child adaptive style...

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..To examine posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in parents of children with cancer as a function of time since diagnosis, treatment status, and relapse history, and as compared to parents of healthy children...

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..e. cancer patient vs healthy control) is predictive only of physical health domains. Researchers and clinicians should be aware of the impact of child adaptive style when assessing HRQL outcomes using self- or parent report...

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..The purpose of this study was to delineate the relationship between clinical factors and abnormalities of noninvasive cardiac testing (NICT)...

..The goal of this study was to determine the influence of hydrocephalus on intelligence quotient (IQ) in children with infratentorial ependymoma before and after the administration of focal radiation...

..2%, and male hypogonadism 20.3%. Coexistence of multiple late sequelae was common in HSCT survivors. Our findings provide a basis for more effective patient counseling, optimal surveillance, and early intervention...

..Transient changes occurred early in two patients. Persistent changes occurred in five. Parenchymal lesions occurred in zero of two patients without prior lacunae or infarcts and in all seven with prior lacunae or infarcts (P = 0.0278)...

..To investigate the incidence of and risk factors for late sequelae of treatment in patients who survived for more than 10 years after the diagnosis of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML)...

..Clinical work and future research on children with cancer should focus accordingly on the potential cumulative impact of stressful life events on PTSS...

..To examine the chronic illness literature and evaluate the impact on single parenting and children and adolescents with chronic illness...

..The implications of these findings for refinement of the PSST intervention and for extension to other groups of children with serious illnesses are discussed...

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..Because of this, clinicians are encouraged to recognize the strengths and limitations of using multiple reporters in assessing negative life events in children...

..In general, efficacy for Spanish-speaking mothers exceeded that for English-speaking mothers. Findings also suggest young, single mothers profit most from PSST...

..To identify patterns of distress among mothers of children with cancer over the initial 6 months of treatment and to examine these patterns as predictors of child somatic and emotional distress...

..Publication of the conference proceedings will serve to summarize the current state of the field and to point towards new research agendas for the future. ..

..Finally, analyses will explore hypotheses specific to the positive psychology model, testing the role of positive affect and dispositional optimism as mediators and moderators of the intervention on child and parent well being. ..

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