Social Support in Parents of Children With Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Objectives: Parents of children with cancer (PCCs) experience stress as they navigate managing their child's illness. Arguably, social support is critical to PCCs' well-being. This review examines the literature on social support in PCCs.

Pain and QOL in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease: Buffering by Resilience Processes.

Objective: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders. The central feature of this chronic condition is pain. Several identified risk factors exacerbate the impact of pain on quality of life (QOL) in SCD; however, there are relatively fewer investigations of strengths-based resilience variables that might buffer the influence of pain on living with SCD.

Parenting Stress, Sleep, and Psychological Adjustment in Parents of Infants and Toddlers With Congenital Heart Disease.

Objective: Parents of children with chronic medical needs report increased parenting challenges, poor sleep, and maladjustment. The impact of parenting stress on both sleep and adjustment has yet to be evaluated for parents of infants and young children with congenital heart disease (CHD). We studied the relations among parenting stress, sleep, and adjustment in parents of infants and toddlers with CHD.