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Parental syntactic complexity and children's observed behavior in communication about children's recent cancer diagnoses

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Title: Parental syntactic complexity and children's observed behavior in communication about children's recent cancer diagnoses
Author: Rector, Miranda
Abstract: The current study addresses the relationship between the parent's ability to speak about cancer related issues in a syntactically appropriate level for the child's age on the child's distress and coping as seen in the child's exhibited behaviors of anxiety, positive mood, and hostility.
Description: Honors thesis completed under the direction of Profs. Bruce Compas and Megan Saylor
Subject: Syntactic complexity
Pediatric cancer
Parent-child communication
LCSH Subject: Stress and coping (Unnumbered)
Children -- Language
Cancer -- Psychological aspects
Communication in medicine
Cancer in children
Parent and child
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/810
Date: 2008-05-20

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