APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
Family Rituals Buffer Increases in Child Psychological Distress during Pediatric Cancer Treatment
- Sydney Sumrall
Virginia Commonwealth University - Hoppe Rebecca
Virginia Commonwealth University - Barbara Fiese
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Thomas O'Connor
University of Rochester - Marcia Winter
VCU
Abstract
Family rituals can help children adjust to stressful life events. Parents of children with cancer (N = 40) reported on the meaning associated with family rituals and child anxiety symptoms. Anxiety increased during treatment for children in families with lower ritual meaning, but not for those with high ritual meaning.
Family Relationships
