RT Journal Article
T1 Psychological adjustment of children with cancer as compared with healthy children: a meta-analysis
A1 Wechsler, A.M.
A1 Sánchez Iglesias, Iván
AB Childhood cancer is a life-threatening disease and the cause of great stress for children who suffer from itsdiagnosis and treatment. The aim of this study was to verify, through meta-analytical tools, whether childrenin  active  treatment  for  cancer  differ  in  their  psychological  adjustment  from  healthy  children.  Ten  studiesfulfilled the inclusion criteria for the meta-analytic approach. A fixed effects model did not yield significantresults,  suggesting  that  there  is  no  evidence  for  a  difference  in  psychological  adjustment  between  ill  andhealthy children, inasmuch as the former seem to adjust as well as the latter. Some methodological aspects arealso considered, including issues related to the definition of psychological adjustment and its operationalisa-tion and to the relative scarcity of published articles in this particular realm. Moreover, suggestions for futurestudies are discussed
PB Wiley
SN 0961-5423
YR 2012
FD 2012-12-26
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95212
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95212
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 20 abr 2025