Related Experiment Video
Updated: Mar 16, 2026
07:56
Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure
Published on: September 19, 2019
11.0K
Parenting while living with advanced cancer: A qualitative study.
Eliza M Park1, Devon K Check2, Mi-Kyung Song3
11 Department of Psychiatry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Palliative Medicine
|August 4, 2016
Summary
Parents with advanced cancer experience significant distress and unique palliative needs related to their children. Their functional status impacts parenting concerns and responsibilities.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Palliative Care
- Psychosocial Oncology
Background:
- Patients with advanced cancer and dependent children face life-limiting illness and psychological distress.
- Limited research exists on the experiences and palliative needs of parents with advanced cancer.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the experience of advanced cancer patients who are parents, focusing on illness, parental concerns, and treatment decisions.
- To explore how functional status influences these experiences.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional, qualitative study utilizing in-depth, semi-structured interviews.
- Thematic content analysis was employed for data analysis.
- 42 participants with metastatic cancer and children under 18 were recruited.
Main Results:
- Four key themes emerged: concerns for children, loss of parental role, maintaining responsibilities, and parental identity influencing treatment decisions.
- Parental functional status affected physical responsibilities and intensified psychological concerns.
- Lower functional status exacerbated parenting worries.
Conclusions:
- Parents with advanced cancer have distinct palliative care needs stemming from parenting concerns and the physical/psychological burden of illness.
- Addressing these unique needs is crucial for comprehensive cancer care.
Related Concept Videos
00:55Parental Care
12.9K
Many animals exhibit parental care behavior, including feeding, grooming, and protecting young offspring. Parental care is universal in mammals and birds, which often have young that are born relatively helpless. Several species of insects and fish, as well as some amphibians, also care for their young.
12.9K
01:28Relationship with Parents: Attachment
314
Parent-child interactions lay the foundation for how we understand relationships throughout life. These interactions are not uniform across families; instead, they are shaped by a range of environmental, emotional, and behavioral factors unique to each caregiver-child dynamic. Social psychologists study these early relationships to understand how patterns formed in infancy influence social functioning and interpersonal behavior in adulthood.Attachment Theory and Early Relational ModelsJohn...
314
02:20Longitudinal Research
13.6K
Sometimes we want to see how people change over time, as in studies of human development and lifespan. When we test the same group of individuals repeatedly over an extended period of time, we are conducting longitudinal research. Longitudinal research is a research design in which data-gathering is administered repeatedly over an extended period of time. For example, we may survey a group of individuals about their dietary habits at age 20, retest them a decade later at age 30, and then again...
13.6K
01:21Cancer Survival Analysis
811
Cancer survival analysis focuses on quantifying and interpreting the time from a key starting point, such as diagnosis or the initiation of treatment, to a specific endpoint, such as remission or death. This analysis provides critical insights into treatment effectiveness and factors that influence patient outcomes, helping to shape clinical decisions and guide prognostic evaluations. A cornerstone of oncology research, survival analysis tackles the challenges of skewed, non-normally...
811
01:27Parenting Styles
843
Diana Baumrind's four parenting styles — authoritarian, authoritative, neglectful, and permissive — each influence children's socio-emotional development differently.
Authoritarian Parenting
This style is strict and controlling, with little room for open dialogue. Authoritarian parents demand obedience and often enforce rules with minimal warmth. Children raised this way may lack social skills and initiative, usually comparing themselves to others unfavorably.
Authoritative...
Authoritarian Parenting
This style is strict and controlling, with little room for open dialogue. Authoritarian parents demand obedience and often enforce rules with minimal warmth. Children raised this way may lack social skills and initiative, usually comparing themselves to others unfavorably.
Authoritative...
843
01:25Continuing Care
2.0K
Continuing care describes the variety of health, personal, and social services provided over a prolonged period. The need for continuing care is increasing because people are living longer. Many people do not have families or others to care for them. Continuing care is mainly for patients who are disabled, functionally dependent, or suffering from a terminal disease. It is available within institutional settings or in homes. Examples include nursing centers or facilities, assisted living,...
2.0K