Caring for a child with cancer: Parental competence, distress, and cortisol levels.

IF 2.5 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of Health Psychology Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI:10.1177/13591053241280146

Noa Benaroya-Milshtein, Or Cohen Ben-Simon, Tamar Natanzon, Meital Avishai-Neumann, Adi Moka, Noa Tsuk-Ram, Veit Roessner, Judith Buse, Anne Uhlmann, Shimrit Daches

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Abstract

Parents of children facing cancer are subject to psychological distress. In this study, we explored whether the time that had passed since a child's cancer diagnosis was associated with parents' distress levels and whether parental sense of competence (PSOC) moderated this association. Forty-four parents of children with cancer who were hospitalized during 2022 participated. Parents completed questionnaires and provided hair samples for the examination of hair cortisol concentration (HCC). Correlations indicated no significant association between time since diagnosis and distress indices. Yet, linear regression analysis revealed that PSOC moderated the association between time since diagnosis and parental HCC (β = -0.36, p < 0.05). For parents with low PSOC, time since diagnosis did not predict parental HCC. For parents with high PSOC, a longer time since diagnosis was associated with lower levels of parental HCC. Our results provide support for the clinical significance of PSOC as a target for intervention.

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照顾癌症患儿：父母的能力、痛苦和皮质醇水平。

面临癌症的儿童的父母会受到心理困扰。在这项研究中，我们探讨了儿童癌症确诊后的时间是否与父母的痛苦程度有关，以及父母的能力感（PSOC）是否调节了这种关联。44 名在 2022 年期间住院治疗的癌症患儿的父母参加了此次研究。家长们填写了调查问卷，并提供了毛发样本用于检测毛发皮质醇浓度（HCC）。相关分析表明，确诊时间与痛苦指数之间没有明显联系。然而，线性回归分析表明，PSOC 可调节确诊时间与父母毛发皮质醇浓度之间的关系（β = -0.36，p＜0.05）。

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Journal of Health Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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