Body Image and Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescent Cancer Survivors
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Examined body image and social adjustment in 21 adolescents who had completed cancer treatment and a healthy comparison group. Subjects completed questionnaires assessing body image and social adjustment and were videotaped during an interview. Raters blind to health status independently rated subjects' attractiveness. Cancer survivors reported less than half as many social activities as the healthy controls. No group differences were found on social anxiety, loneliness, or composite body image scores. However, within the cancer group, adolescents who had been off treatment longer reported lower self-worth, more social anxiety, and more negative body image perceptions, but were not rated as less attractive by observers. Findings suggest body image concerns and social anxiety may not develop until several years after treatment termination.
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- Authors
- Pendley, J. S., Dahlquist, L. M., & Dreyer, Z.
- Affiliations
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Pendley, Jennifer Shroff
- Venue
- Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1997
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 29-43
- ISSN
- 0146-8693 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-735X
- OpenAlex
- W2150875389
- Cited by
- 200
- References
- 35
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- FWCI
- 6.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Pediatric Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- American Cancer Society
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Keywords
- body image, psychosocial adjustment, adolescent cancer survivors, social adaptation, social anxiety, loneliness, self-worth, perceived attractiveness, childhood cancer
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Body Image, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Neoplasms, Social Adjustment, Time Factors, Multivariate Analysis, Case-Control Studies
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