Lewis Peter, Jordens Christopher F C, Mooney-Somers Julie, Smith Kris, Kerridge Ian
1University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2013 Nov-Dec;30(6):311-9. doi: 10.1177/1043454213513839. Epub 2013 Dec 10.
Adolescence and young adulthood are transitional periods of rapid and dramatic personal change. Few events can cause as unpredictable and challenging alterations to this process as the onset of a serious illness, such as cancer. Although we know much about the physical and psychological consequences of having cancer at this time, we know little about the effect of cancer on young people's relationships. We conducted interviews with 15 women and 12 men aged between 16 and 29 years, who had survived cancer. Our findings demonstrate that the experience of cancer and how it affects relationships is complex. It arrests young people's development by increasing their dependence on parents, giving them life experiences unavailable to peers, and complicating the process of establishing new relationships. However, it also accelerates development by facilitating closer and more mature relationships with parents and giving young people wisdom and insight not shared by peers. Cancer profoundly shapes how young people conduct their relationships. These changes require ongoing accommodation by young people with cancer, their parents, peers, and new acquaintances.
青春期和青年期是个人迅速且显著变化的过渡阶段。很少有事件能像患重病（如癌症）那样给这一过程带来如此不可预测且具有挑战性的改变。尽管我们对此时患癌症的身体和心理后果了解很多，但我们对癌症对年轻人人际关系的影响却知之甚少。我们对15名年龄在16至29岁之间的癌症幸存者女性和12名男性进行了访谈。我们的研究结果表明，患癌症的经历及其对人际关系的影响是复杂的。它通过增加年轻人对父母的依赖、给予他们同龄人所没有的生活经历以及使建立新关系的过程变得复杂，从而阻碍了年轻人的发展。然而，它也通过促进与父母更亲密、更成熟的关系以及给予年轻人同龄人所没有的智慧和洞察力来加速发展。癌症深刻地塑造了年轻人处理人际关系的方式。这些变化需要患癌症的年轻人、他们的父母、同龄人以及新认识的人不断地适应。
