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Florida Institute of Technology

2014

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Full-Text Articles in Clinical Psychology

Satisfaction With Ability And Reported Functional Impairment In Cancer Survivors With Chronic Illness-Related Fatigue, Jessica Dawn Eversen Pike Jan 2014

Satisfaction With Ability And Reported Functional Impairment In Cancer Survivors With Chronic Illness-Related Fatigue, Jessica Dawn Eversen Pike

Theses and Dissertations

Long-term consequences of cancer have assumed more importance than ever before as cancer survival rates have increased over the past few decades. As a result, cancer has been conceptualized more recently as a chronic illness, meaning it can require some form of management. Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the most frequent and distressing symptom that cancer survivors face. There is limited research on CRF to date, therefore, it is important to examine the influence of factors that affect cancer-related fatigue as CRF's impact on quality of life can be strongly negative, pervasive, and even chronic. In research on other chronic illnesses, …


Caregiver Impact Of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Assessing Stress, Sense Of Competence, And Relationship Satisfaction, Nicole M. Kline Jan 2014

Caregiver Impact Of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Assessing Stress, Sense Of Competence, And Relationship Satisfaction, Nicole M. Kline

Theses and Dissertations

While the impact of psycho-social variables has been evaluated for children with chronic illness and related disabilities, questions remain unanswered for families affected by ASD. Participants included 68 primary caregivers seeking services for a child aged fifteen months to 12 years suspected of or diagnosed with an ASD. Assessment tools included: 1. Parenting Stress Index-Fourth Edition-Short-Form (PSI-4-SF; Abidin, 2012), 2. Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC; Johnston and Mash, 1989), and 3. Relationship Assessment Scale (Hendrick, 1988). Independent samples t-tests were conducted to determine differences with a nonclinical control population (60 participants with a typically-developed child) regarding perceptions of stress, …