Diane Sperber
Biographic Data
| ID | 5508817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diane Sperber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diane |
| FAMILY NAME | Sperber |
| SIGNATURE | SPERBER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Impact of parental terminal cancer on adolescents
Psychological and emotional concerns of adolescents during a parent's terminal cancer are described. Compared to younger children, the adolescents' greater cognitive and emphatic capacities allowed them to be more aware of losses and of the parent's physical and emotional pain. Parental illness also precipitated conflict around issues of developmentally appropriate separation. The capacity to use intellectual defenses, search for meaning and deep…
Impact of parental terminal cancer on latency-age children
The underlying psychological and emotional components of distress were examined in 87 children with a parent in the terminal phase of cancer. Common fears, concerns, misperceptions, and behavioral consequences are analyzed, as are more severe psychological and behavioral reactions. Implications for psychoeducational parent-guidance intervention are discussed
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Impact of parental terminal cancer on latency-age children
The underlying psychological and emotional components of distress were examined in 87 children with a parent in the terminal phase of cancer. Common fears, concerns, misperceptions, and behavioral consequences are analyzed, as are more severe psychological and behavioral reactions. Implications for psychoeducational parent-guidance intervention are discussed
Impact of parental terminal cancer on adolescents
Psychological and emotional concerns of adolescents during a parent's terminal cancer are described. Compared to younger children, the adolescents' greater cognitive and emphatic capacities allowed them to be more aware of losses and of the parent's physical and emotional pain. Parental illness also precipitated conflict around issues of developmentally appropriate separation. The capacity to use intellectual defenses, search for meaning and deep…
Cancer (2 works) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Family Support in Illness (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Terminal cancer (2 works) · Cognition (1 work)