This correlational study explored the Resilience Scale for Adolescents (READ) as a predictor developing depressive symptoms controlling known risk factors. A young adolescent sample (N = 387) completed READ, Short Mood and Feeling Questionnaire (SMFQ), Social Phobia Anxiety Index Children (SPAI-C), occurrence of Stressful Life Events (SLE). In addition, subsample their parents 240) parental version READ (READ-P). The results indicated that assesses important protective factors are associated...

Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) studies concerning children and adolescents are a growing field research. The Pediatric Inventory (PedsQL™) is considered as promising HRQOL instrument with the availability age appropriate versions parallel forms for both child parents. purpose current study was to evaluate psychometric properties Norwegian translation 4.0 generic core scale in sample healthy young adolescents. A cross-sectional 425 237 their caregivers participating proxy. Reliability...

Symptoms of anxiety and depression are prevalent highly comorbid in children, contributing to considerable impairment even at a subclinical level. Difficulties with emotion regulation potentially related both anxious depressive symptoms. Research looking maternal contributions children's mental health dominates the literature but ignores important fathers.The present study is part Coping Kids Norway, randomized controlled new indicated preventive intervention for EMOTION. EMOTION aims reduce...

Our objective was to assess the mental health and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children their parents after renal transplantation (TX) compared healthy controls with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) identify possible status variables associated impaired HRQOL. Thirty-eight TX a median age 13 (range 3-19) years were investigated. Mental assessed by Pediatric Quality Life Inventory (PedsQL) 4.0 Generic Core Scales Strength Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-20). Each mother's own...

To examine cognitive outcome in children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) remission, treated central nervous system prophylactic chemotherapy only.Thirty-five adolescents, age 8.4-15.3 years long-term remission from ALL, 4.2-12.4 post diagnosis, without relapse no pre-diagnosis history of neurodevelopmental disorder were compared 35 healthy controls matched for gender age, on measures intellectual functioning Wechsler Intelligence Scale Children-Third Edition...

We studied potential determinants of the development children's emotion understanding (EU) from age 4 to 6 in a Norwegian community sample (N = 974) using Test Emotion Comprehension. Interpersonal predictors included accuracy parental mentalization, emotional availability, and teacher-reported child social skills. Intrapersonal factors were gender verbal Overall, EU increased significantly over time. After adjusting for gender, age-4 EU, socio-economic status, greater skills mentalization...

This study investigated health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and psychological distress among young adult (YA) survivors childhood cancer the association these measures with treatment, education, demographic factors ≥ 5 years post diagnosis.Participants included (n = 91) recruited through Cancer Registry Norway (CRN) healthy controls 223) from a student population. All participants completed self-report questionnaires, Pediatric Quality Life Inventory (PedsQL™) 4.0 Hopkins Symptom...

Introduction Grief among bereaved parents is known to cause psychological distress and physical illness, but knowledge concerning factors that can contribute health promotion after bereavement scarce. Childhood cancer remains the most common non-accidental of death children in Norway. The aim present study was explore if resilience cancer-bereaved could predict whether they will be able come terms with their grief 2–8 years following loss. Methods A Norwegian cross-sectional national survey...

Abstract Aim Childhood cancer is a tremendous stressor that requires parents to adapt new challenges, and research has mainly focused on psychopathology rarely resource‐oriented perspective, such as resilience. This study assessed resilience factors among of children surviving acute lymphoblastic leukaemia healthy children. We also explored the association between parental mental health. Methods The compared 57 40 from eight 15 years age in remission 63 42 Resilience Scale for Adults General...

Abstract Objective: There is limited research on neurocognitive outcome and associated risk factors in long-term, adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), without treatment cranial radiation therapy. Moreover, the impact fatigue severity pain interference neurocognition has received little attention. In this cross-sectional study, we examined population. Method: Intellectual abilities, verbal learning/memory, processing speed, attention, executive functions were...

Abstract Aim: To evaluate the health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) and intellectual functioning children in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Methods: Children adolescents treated for ALL (n = 40; mean age 11.8 years, range 8.5–15.4) healthy controls 42; 11.8, 8.11–15.0) were assessed through a cross‐sectional approach using Pediatric Quality Life inventory (PedsQL™) 4.0 Wechsler Intelligent Scale children‐III (WISC‐III). Results: reported on average significantly lower...

Children in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: mental health, psychosocial adjustment and parental functioningThe objective of this study is to assess the health children leukaemia (ALL), functioning compared healthy controls. A cross-sectional 40 treated for ALL (mean age 11.8 years, range 8.5-15.4) controls (n = 42) 8.11-15.0) were assessed by Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), Youth Self-Report (YSR) Strength Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The parent's own was General Health...

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is today considered an important assessment measurement, but still only a few measures assess HRQOL outcomes for children and adolescents. One them the Pediatric Quality Life Inventory (PedsQL™). This correlation study explored associations between depressive symptoms in young adolescents PedsQL scores when controlling known risk factors. An adolescent sample (n=425) completed battery including PedsQL™ Norwegian version, Short Mood Feeling Questionnaire...

Anxious and depressive symptoms in youth are highly prevalent, often comorbid have a high rate of relapse. Preventive interventions promising, but follow-up results lacking. The transdiagnostic EMOTION program is an indicated preventive cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention targeting children aged 8-12 years.The present study investigates the 12 months effects cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 795 that included both child self-reports parental reports.Mixed model...

Children's depressive symptoms in the transition from preschool to school are rarely investigated. We therefore tested whether children's temperament (effortful control and negative affect), social skills, child psychopathology, environmental stressors (life events), parental accuracy of predicting their child's emotion understanding (parental accuracy), emotional availability, depression predict changes first grade. Parents a community sample 995 4-year-olds were interviewed using Preschool...

Bereavement research has mainly explored potential risk factors associated with adverse outcomes, and the role of protective received less attention. More knowledge is needed about related to unresolved grief in bereaved siblings. This study aimed assess adjustment possible gender differences among young adults 2-10 years after losing a brother or sister cancer. We also sought explore how resilience social support influenced their grief.A total 99 (18-26 years) who had lost cancer between...

Aim: To examine the neurocognitive outcomes in children and adolescents with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) remission who were treated central nervous system prophylactic chemotherapy only (CTO). Methods: Neurocognitive performances 36 adolescents, aged 8.4 - 15.3 years, long-term from ALL, 4.3 -12.4 years post diagnosis, without relapse no pre-diagnosis history of neurodevelopmental disorder, compared those healthy controls matched for gender, age parents' socio-economic status. The...

In this study, our aims were to evaluate a professional collaborative model and explore professionals' perceptions of collaboration generally. Focus group interviews performed with 18 health non-health professionals caring for children diagnosed treated cancer. Collaboration was considered significant themselves the families they work with. participants support importance arranging meetings at an early stage child's illness family's crisis. Many professionals, working in home community,...

This Norwegian nationwide study explored cancer-bereaved parents' perceptions of protective and risk factors in their grieving process. A total 162 parents answered two open-ended questions 2–8 years after child's death due to cancer. Qualitative analysis revealed three main themes: memories the illness death, going forward life, relationships—a resource a barrier. The results support perspective life accepting grief as part contrary notion "getting over" or "detaching" from deceased child....