Woodgate Roberta Lynn
department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2006 May-Jun;23(3):122-34. doi: 10.1177/1043454206287396.
Adolescents with cancer are confronted with many challenges. The extent to which they are able to deal with such challenges appears to be partly contingent on a positive strong social support system. In this article, the author describes findings specific to the sources of social support that 15 adolescents with cancer found to be most important in getting them through the cancer experience. Data were collected as part of a longitudinal qualitative interpretive study and involved individual interviews, focus group interviews, and participant observation as the main sources of data. The relationships that adolescents maintained with their nuclear families, health care team members, and special friends were the 3 main supportive relationships in the adolescents'lives. The act of others "being there" was seen by the adolescents as the key element of a supportive relationship and involved 6 main behaviors. Although the 3 key supportive relationships were essential in helping adolescents get through cancer, these relationships were at times a source of stress for adolescents.
患有癌症的青少年面临着许多挑战。他们应对这些挑战的能力在一定程度上似乎取决于积极强大的社会支持系统。在本文中，作者描述了15名患癌青少年认为对他们度过癌症经历最为重要的社会支持来源的具体研究结果。数据收集是一项纵向定性解释性研究的一部分，主要数据来源包括个人访谈、焦点小组访谈和参与观察。青少年与核心家庭、医疗团队成员以及特殊朋友之间的关系是他们生活中的三种主要支持性关系。青少年认为他人“陪伴在侧”的行为是支持性关系的关键要素，这一行为包含六种主要表现。尽管这三种关键支持性关系对于帮助青少年战胜癌症至关重要，但这些关系有时也会给青少年带来压力。
