Benefit finding and well-being in children with life threatening illnesses: An integrative study

Objective. We examined whether benefit finding (BF) in children with a life-threatening illness (such as cancer or organ transplantation) would be related to a wide range of positive and negative measures of psychological functioning and some medical variables. Methods. A sample of children with a l...

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Autores principales:	Chaves,Covadonga, Vazquez,Carmelo, Hervas,Gonzalo
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Psicología Clínica 2013
Materias:	benefit finding childhood cancer optimism positive affect personal strenghts
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-480820130001000062014-09-17Benefit finding and well-being in children with life threatening illnesses: An integrative studyChaves,CovadongaVazquez,CarmeloHervas,Gonzalo benefit finding childhood cancer optimism positive affect personal strenghts Objective. We examined whether benefit finding (BF) in children with a life-threatening illness (such as cancer or organ transplantation) would be related to a wide range of positive and negative measures of psychological functioning and some medical variables. Methods. A sample of children with a life threatening illness (N=67, ages 7-18 years) completed the Benefit Finding Scale for Children (BFSC) and other positive and negative measures of psychological functioning. Results. Children exposed to a moderate severity of their disease had the strongest levels of BF. While BF was positively associated with different dimensions of well-being, it was generally not related to distress with some exceptions in the health-related quality of life domain. Conclusion. Our results showed that BF reflects a positive outcome in its own right and not just a mere reduction of distress. Yet, there are some health-related domains of quality of life that should be considered in therapeutic intervention to facilitate BF.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de Psicología ClínicaTerapia psicológica v.31 n.1 20132013-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-48082013000100006en10.4067/S0718-48082013000100006
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spellingShingle	benefit finding childhood cancer optimism positive affect personal strenghts Chaves,Covadonga Vazquez,Carmelo Hervas,Gonzalo Benefit finding and well-being in children with life threatening illnesses: An integrative study
description	Objective. We examined whether benefit finding (BF) in children with a life-threatening illness (such as cancer or organ transplantation) would be related to a wide range of positive and negative measures of psychological functioning and some medical variables. Methods. A sample of children with a life threatening illness (N=67, ages 7-18 years) completed the Benefit Finding Scale for Children (BFSC) and other positive and negative measures of psychological functioning. Results. Children exposed to a moderate severity of their disease had the strongest levels of BF. While BF was positively associated with different dimensions of well-being, it was generally not related to distress with some exceptions in the health-related quality of life domain. Conclusion. Our results showed that BF reflects a positive outcome in its own right and not just a mere reduction of distress. Yet, there are some health-related domains of quality of life that should be considered in therapeutic intervention to facilitate BF.
author	Chaves,Covadonga Vazquez,Carmelo Hervas,Gonzalo
author_facet	Chaves,Covadonga Vazquez,Carmelo Hervas,Gonzalo
author_sort	Chaves,Covadonga
title	Benefit finding and well-being in children with life threatening illnesses: An integrative study
title_short	Benefit finding and well-being in children with life threatening illnesses: An integrative study
title_full	Benefit finding and well-being in children with life threatening illnesses: An integrative study
title_fullStr	Benefit finding and well-being in children with life threatening illnesses: An integrative study
title_full_unstemmed	Benefit finding and well-being in children with life threatening illnesses: An integrative study
title_sort	benefit finding and well-being in children with life threatening illnesses: an integrative study
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Psicología Clínica
publishDate	2013
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Benefit finding and well-being in children with life threatening illnesses: An integrative study

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