Predicting factors of adjustment in Iranian children with cancer

AbstractThe present study aimed at appraising the predicting factors of adjustment problems in children with cancer. Hence, 200 parents of children with cancer were selected from a number of hospitals in Tehran through convenient sampling. Regression analysis revealed that the factors, conflicts in child-parent relationship, parents’ depression, child's female gender, and positive aspects of child-parent relationship were predictive of internalizing behaviors. Also, child-parent relational conflicts and deficits in expressing emotions in family were predictive of externalizing behaviors in these children