Health-Related Worries, Self-Image, and Life Outlooks of Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer.

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Adjustment (to Environment); Adults; Cancer; Children; Coping; Emotional Adjustment; Life Events; Self Concept; Stress Variables; Well Being

0360-7283

This article poses three questions: What do childhood cancer survivors worry about? What characteristics prompt some to worry more and others less? What effect do worries have on survivors' self-image and life outlooks? Data demonstrated significant relationships among worries, "objective" factors like physical after-effects or relapse, and survivors' self-images and life outlooks. (Author)

2002

EJ640521