{"title":"[Examining the Psychological Resilience of Adolescents with Leukemia: A Comparative Study].","authors":"Hatice Pars, Hicran Çavuşoğlu","doi":"10.26650/FNJN18024","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This descriptive and comparative research was conducted to determine the level of psychological resilience of adolescents diagnosed with leukemia.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The sample research group comprised of eighty adolescents in the 15-18 age group who have leukemia in pediatric hematology outpatient clinics. The sample comparison group comprised of eighty healthy adolescents in the 15-18 age group who were students from years 9, 10, 11, and 12<sup>th</sup> in a high school. Data was collected using a socio-demographic questionnaire and the California Healthy Kids Survey Resilience and Youth Development Module High School Questionnaire form. The Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis variance analysis, homogeneity test (Levene), and Ki kare Test were used to evaluate the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>It was seen that there were no significant differences between the psychological resilience of adolescents with leukemia and healthy adolescents (p>0.05) Females were observed to have higher levels of psychological resilience than males in the research group. A lower level of psychological resilience was identified in adolescents from the research group who did not receive psychological support during the illness compared with those who received psychological support (p<0.05). The sub-factor point average of caring relationships and high expectations at school were higher in the research group, whereas the sub-factor point average of goals and aspirations were higher in the healthy adolescents (p<0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>As a result, it was suggested that preventive mental health services should be planned and implemented to develop resilience levels and protective relationships provided by the school, friends, family and society should be supported.</p>","PeriodicalId":73032,"journal":{"name":"Florence Nightingale hemsirelik dergisi","volume":"27 2","pages":"104-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/4d/24/fnjn-27-2-104.PMC8127600.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Florence Nightingale hemsirelik dergisi","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.26650/FNJN18024","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aim: This descriptive and comparative research was conducted to determine the level of psychological resilience of adolescents diagnosed with leukemia.
Method: The sample research group comprised of eighty adolescents in the 15-18 age group who have leukemia in pediatric hematology outpatient clinics. The sample comparison group comprised of eighty healthy adolescents in the 15-18 age group who were students from years 9, 10, 11, and 12th in a high school. Data was collected using a socio-demographic questionnaire and the California Healthy Kids Survey Resilience and Youth Development Module High School Questionnaire form. The Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis variance analysis, homogeneity test (Levene), and Ki kare Test were used to evaluate the data.
Results: It was seen that there were no significant differences between the psychological resilience of adolescents with leukemia and healthy adolescents (p>0.05) Females were observed to have higher levels of psychological resilience than males in the research group. A lower level of psychological resilience was identified in adolescents from the research group who did not receive psychological support during the illness compared with those who received psychological support (p<0.05). The sub-factor point average of caring relationships and high expectations at school were higher in the research group, whereas the sub-factor point average of goals and aspirations were higher in the healthy adolescents (p<0.05).
Conclusion: As a result, it was suggested that preventive mental health services should be planned and implemented to develop resilience levels and protective relationships provided by the school, friends, family and society should be supported.