Relations between posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth in long-term survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Contemporary models of trauma suggest that posttraumatic stress and growth should be related and that symptoms of stress resulting from a perceived trauma (e.g., childhood cancer) are prerequisite for posttraumatic growth (PTG) to occur. However, empirical data regarding the relationship of posttraumatic stress and growth have been equivocal. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and PTG among adult survivors of childhood cancer.

Methods

Survey methods were used to collect data from 6,162 survivors participating in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS). Nonparametric correlation was examined pairwise between PTG and PTSS using Spearman's correlation coefficient with 95% confidence intervals, with

SUBMITTER: Klosky JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4158696 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature