2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Resilience in adolescents with cancer : Relationships with support
| Project/Area Number |
15592296
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Clinical nursing
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| Research Institution | Okinawa Prefectural School of Nursing |
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Principal Investigator |
ISHIBASHI Akiko Okinawa Prefectural School of Nursing, Child Health and Nursing, Associate Professor, 看護学部, 助教授 (80305838)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
UEDA Reiko Okinawa Prefectural School of Nursing, Graduate Study in Health Nursing, Professor, 大学院・保険看護学研究科, 教授 (80010015)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Keywords | Adolescents with cancer / Resilience / Hope / Coping / Self-esteem / Social support |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is : 1)to compare resilience of Japanese adolescents with cancer and American ones, 2)to identify the protective factors and to explore processes of promoting resilience, 3)to support for adolescents with cancer to promote resilience. A case study, semi-structured interviews and survey related to self-esteem and social support, were conducted. The participants were sixteen adolescents with cancer from 11 to 18 years of age and their mothers. A pattern-matching logic was used for analysis.
The findings indicate : 1)Japanese adolescents with cancer who were told the name of their disease were resilience as American ones, 2)Positive thought of their mothers supported their children for having hope and promoting resilience. The newly diagnosed adolescents had hope for school life nearing discharge and the relapse-experienced ones had it at the time of diagnosis, 3)The adolescents who are not told the name of disease show the potential for increasing their resilience, 4)Adolescents with cancer had the relationship between self-esteem and social support. Also, their mothers' self-esteem and social support effected on their child ones.
The findings suggest : 1)health care professionals, communities, and societies should support adolescents with cancer for having hope of the future to promote resilience and live with cancer, 2)Encouraging the parents and constructing environment in developing their self-esteem and social interaction is important, 3)Adolescents with cancer need support for achieving their developmental task successfully, 4)The adolescents may require individual support. Continuing this study is necessary in survivors to build a long term of support to improve resilience in adolescents who have experience of cancer. The study may contribute to improve QOL in adolescents who are not told they have cancer as well as who have other disease or who have psychosocial difficulties in societies.
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