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Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research 9/2010

01.11.2010

The relationship between parental overprotection and health-related quality of life in pediatric cancer: the mediating role of perceived child vulnerability

verfasst von: Stephanie E. Hullmann, Cortney Wolfe-Christensen, William H. Meyer, Rene Y. McNall-Knapp, Larry L. Mullins

Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research | Ausgabe 9/2010

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Abstract

Purpose

The current study sought to examine the relation of parental overprotection and perceived child vulnerability to parent-reported health-related quality of life in parents of children with cancer.

Methods

Parents (N = 89) of children who had been diagnosed with cancer completed measures of parental overprotection, perceived child vulnerability, and parent-proxy report of health-related quality of life.

Results

After controlling for theoretically relevant covariates, parental overprotection and perceived child vulnerability were both found to be significantly related to child health-related quality of life. Additional analyses revealed that perceived child vulnerability mediated the relationship between overprotective parenting behaviors and the child’s health-related quality of life.

Conclusion

The findings highlight the need to assess for these discrete parenting variables in parents of children with cancer and to develop interventions to target parental perceptions of vulnerability.
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Metadaten
Titel
The relationship between parental overprotection and health-related quality of life in pediatric cancer: the mediating role of perceived child vulnerability
verfasst von
Stephanie E. Hullmann
Cortney Wolfe-Christensen
William H. Meyer
Rene Y. McNall-Knapp
Larry L. Mullins
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2010
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Quality of Life Research / Ausgabe 9/2010
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9696-3

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