Caregiver perspectives on the social competence of pediatric brain tumor survivors.

ABSTRACT: ᅟ: Pediatric brain tumor survivors are at risk for significant difficulties related to social competence. Little research has examined factors that contribute to survivor social problems.

Purpose

The current study is grounded in a model of social competence for youth with brain disorder and used qualitative and quantitative methods to obtain caregiver perspectives on survivor social competence and identify pertinent risk and resistance factors.

Methods

The study occurred in two phases, including focus groups with 36 caregivers of 24 survivors and confirmatory interviews with 12 caregivers of 12 survivors.

Results

Qualitative content analyses resulted in three themes that were illustrative of the model of social competence. Themes included (1) the impact of survivor seq

SUBMITTER: Hocking MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5659948 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature