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Psychological distress: testing hypotheses based on Roy's adaptation model.

Chao-Hsing Yeh1

  • 1Graduate School of Nursing, Chang Gung University.

Nursing Science Quarterly
|July 25, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Parents caring for children with cancer experience stress, but social support and coping styles can mitigate psychological distress. Coping style mediates the relationship between support and stress for mothers and fathers.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Oncology
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • Parenting children with cancer presents unique challenges.
  • Social support, coping styles, and psychological distress are key factors in parental adaptation.
  • The Roy adaptation model provides a framework for understanding these relationships.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationships among social support, parenting stress, coping style, and psychological distress in parents of children with cancer.
  • To test the mediating role of coping style between social support and psychological distress.
  • To compare these relationships between mothers and fathers.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study involving 246 mothers and 195 fathers.
  • Structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to test the proposed hypotheses.

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  • Validated scales were used to measure social support, parenting stress, coping style, and psychological distress.

    • Main Results:

    • The study supported the hypotheses derived from the Roy adaptation model for both mothers and fathers.
    • Social support was associated with lower parenting stress and psychological distress.
    • Coping style significantly mediated the relationship between social support and psychological distress.

    Conclusions:

    • Coping style is a crucial mediator in the adaptation process for parents of children with cancer.
    • Interventions aimed at enhancing social support and promoting adaptive coping strategies may reduce psychological distress.
    • Longitudinal research is recommended to explore the dynamic, circular nature of these factors.