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Published on: September 19, 2019
Pediatric cancer and the quality of children's dyadic peer interactions
Lynn Fainsilber Katz1, Alison Leary, David Breiger
1Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. katzlf@u.washington.edu
Objective:
To use observational methods to assess the quality of peer relationships in 51 7- to 12-year-old acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors as compared to healthy children.
Methods:
Children were audiotaped as they engaged in free play with their best friend and interactions were coded to assess their ability to maintain engagement with one another during play as well as the affective dimension of their play.
Results:
Results indicated that dyads with survivors of childhood cancer were less likely to be highly engaged with their best friend and more likely to experience disengagement than dyads with healthy participants. There were no group differences in positive or negative affect.
Conclusions:
Overall, these data suggest that survivors of childhood cancer's relationships with their best friend may be compromised in some specific areas when compared to the relations of healthy children. Implications for intervention are discussed.
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