Styles of family relationships and resilience in the family system of oncological children and adolescents : empirical research in Garrahan Hospital

Resumen: la psico-oncología es una disciplina relativamente moderna que surge como respuesta a los diferentes retos psicosociales que plantea la atención al enfermo de cáncer: su problemática emocional, el manejo del dolor y los cuidados paliativos, entre otros. Se analizaron las deficiencias interaccionales familiares y la resiliencia total en los padres de 154 niños y adolescentes, entre 8 meses y 16 años de edad, respectivamente, en tratamiento oncológico. Se aplicó la escala Faces III de Olson y se analizaron los resultados.Abstract: Psycho-oncology is a relatively new discipline arising in reply to the different psycho-social challenges posed by caring of cancer patients: their emotional involvement, how to handle pain and provide palliative care, among others. Inter-action family deficiencies and Total resilience were analyzed in the parents of 154 children and adolescents undergoing oncological treatment. FACES III Olson scale was applied and results were analyzed