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Social Support for School-Aged Siblings of Children With Cancer: A Comparison Between Parent and Sibling Perceptions

This descriptive, exploratory study investigated the social support interventions received by school-aged siblings of children with cancer and which of those interventions are perceived as being helpful. A comparison between the siblings' and parents' perceptions was made. The conceptual framework was guided by House's (1981) work on social support, which includes major categories of support variables including emotional, informational, instrumental, and appraisal support. A nonprobability purposive sample consisted of 50 school-aged siblings of children with cancer and their parents. Subjects completed either the sibling or parent version of the Nurse-Sibling Social Support Questionnaire (NSSSQ). De scriptive statistical analyses were performed to examine NSSSQ helpfulness and frequency scores for both siblings and parents. Paired t tests were used to test the difference between the responses given by siblings and by their parents on the NSSSQ helpfulness and frequency scales. Results demonstrated that siblings perceive interventions aimed at providing emotional and instrumental support as the most helpful. Parents perceived interventions aimed at meeting the siblings' need for emotional and informational support the most beneficial. Parents re ported that siblings receive emotional, informational, and appraisal support more frequently than siblings did.

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Vol. 18, No. 3, 90-104 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/104345420101800302


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