Changes in mothers' basic beliefs following a child's bone marrow transplantation: the role of prior trauma and negative life events
Child; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Adult; Attitude to Health; Mother-Child Relations; Health Status; Longitudinal Studies; Mental Health; P.H.S.; Research Support; U.S. Gov't; Adaptation; Psychological; Psychological; Stress; Bone Marrow Transplantation/psychology; Wounds and Injuries/psychology
This longitudinal study examined the relation between life stress and basic beliefs about self-worth and the benevolence and meaningfulness of the world among mothers of children undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT). One hundred mothers completed study measures during the child's hospitalization for BMT and 1 year later. Prior trauma and recent negative events were associated with basic beliefs during hospitalization and also with changes in basic beliefs in the subsequent year, with distress mediating some of these relations. Findings also demonstrated relations between basic beliefs and physical and mental functioning. However, each basic belief exhibited different relations with study variables, suggesting the need to investigate them separately.
Rini C; Manne S; DuHamel KN; Austin J; Ostroff J; Boulad F; Parsons SK; Martini R; Williams S; Mee L; Sexson S; Redd WH
Journal Of Traumatic Stress
2004
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOTS.0000038481.17167.0d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1023/B:JOTS.0000038481.17167.0d</a>
Mothers' perceptions of benefit following pediatric stem cell transplantation: a longitudinal investigation of the roles of optimism, medical risk, and sociodemographic resources
Child; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Adult; Mother-Child Relations; Attitude; Longitudinal Studies; Risk Factors; Social Class; Regression Analysis; Perception; adolescent; Preschool; P.H.S.; Research Support; U.S. Gov't; Adaptation; Psychological; infant; Psychological; Stress; social support; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
BACKGROUND: This longitudinal study investigated the course and predictors of benefit finding among 144 mothers of children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), a severely stressful and life-threatening medical procedure. PURPOSE: Children's medical risk and mothers' dispositional optimism and sociodemographic resources were examined as predictors of benefit finding. The association between benefit finding and mothers' psychosocial adaptation was also investigated. METHODS: Assessments occurred during hospitalization for HSCT (Time 1 [T1]) and 6 months later (Time 2 [T2]). RESULTS: Hierarchial multiple regression analyses revealed that predictors of benefit finding differed systematically across assessments, with optimism and medical risk predicting benefit finding at both time points but sociodemographic resources predicting only T2 benefit findings. Benefit finding did not predict psychosocial adaptation until optimism was considered as a moderator of their relation: T1 benefit finding was positively associated with T2 adaptation only for mothers high in optimism. CONCLUSION: The need for longitudinal research on posttrauma adaptation and the utility of considering the natural history of the trauma are discussed.
Rini C; Manne S; DuHamel KN; Austin J; Ostroff J; Boulad F; Parsons SK; Martini R; Williams SE; Mee L; Sexson S; Redd WH
Annals Of Behavioral Medicine: A Publication Of The Society Of Behavioral Medicine
2004
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1207/s15324796abm2802_9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1207/s15324796abm2802_9</a>