Social Support for Siblings of Children with Cancer

Abstract

This descriptive study investigated nursing interventions used by Pediatric Oncology Nurses to provide social support to siblings of children with cancer. The study was guided by the model described by House (1981) which posits major categories of social support variables including emotional, instrumental, informational, and appraisal support. A sample of 250 pediatric oncology nurses were mailed the Sibling Social Support Questionnaire (SSSQ), developed by the researcher, to assess what interventions they use in clinical practice to provide social support to siblings of children with cancer. With 134 respondents, the demonstrated high internal consistency with a Cronbach's alpha of .95.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA267551

Entities

People

  • John S. Murray

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Education
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Psychology
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • Surveys

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.