Health anxiety by proxy: exploring factors that influence parents’ worries about their child’s health
Parents of children with cancer have higher rates of HAP (but not HA), with HAP associated with lower levels of social support in both groups. Parental HA and child health status are key to understanding HAP. Further research is needed to establish underlying mechanisms and vulnerability to HAP to inform development of effective interventions for this group.
Authors
- Charlotte P. Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5438)
- Francesca Cocks
- Rita De Nicola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0357-1637)
- Jo Daniels
- Cara Davis
Institutions
- University of Bath (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1352465825101252
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00