Psychosocial functioning and friendship quality among school-aged pediatric brain tumor survivors
PBTS with a best friend have high-quality friendships and differ in psychosocial functioning from those without a best friend. Targeting facilitative parenting behaviors, school engagement, and friendship could improve PBTS functioning. Emphasizing friendship in research and clinical care may ensure PBTS have the psychosocial support and skills needed to develop these relationships.
Authors
- McCall A Schruff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3262-5360)
- Matthew C. Hocking (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1368-0856)
- Niki Jurbergs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0429-198X)
- Heather M. Conklin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8931-4134)
- Zhongheng Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0000-3389)
- Tanya M. Paes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0192-1760)
- Bethany Means
- Haitao Pan
Institutions
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Mississippi (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsag005
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00