Volume 20, Issue 3
Physiological Variables and Burden in Adult Children of Cancer Patients
Abstract
The present study have as main purpose assess how the adult children react to malignant disease of the parents. This study includes two samples, each of them consisting of 78 subjects. One sample corresponds to adult children in a situation of parental cancer. The other includes the participation of adult children with healthy parents. The measures used were the Burden Assessment Scale as well as the International Affective Picture System. The results indicate that there are differences between the children of cancer patients and children of healthy parents. It appears that the caregiving children have higher levels of familiar burden and higher values in psychophysiological records, which means higher reactivity towards the emotional stimuli.
Keywords
oncology, Variables Physiological, Burden and Caregivers