Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify links between caregiver hope, caregiver coping behaviors, and caregivers’ coaching versus dismissing emotion socialization (ES) beliefs in a pediatric cancer sample. Design: Self-report measures. Sample: Caregivers (N = 183, 80.20% mothers; 58.5% white; 32.2% Hispanic) of youth undergoing cancer treatment (51.10% hematological malignancy, 15.30% brain or spinal [CNS] tumor, and 25.14% non-CNS solid tumor) for at least six weeks. Method: We used a series of mediation models to examine links between caregivers’ coping behaviors, hope, and ES beliefs. Findings: Caregivers’ hope significantly mediated a positive relation between caregivers’ coping and their emotion coaching beliefs, as well as an inverse relation between caregivers’ maladaptive coping and their emotion dismissing beliefs. Conclusion: Enhancing caregivers’ hope or adaptive coping may support caregivers’ beliefs during the pediatric cancer experience. Implications for Psychosocial Providers: Our findings support future research to evaluate whether enhancing caregivers’ hope or adaptive coping may help support evidence-based interventions that target ES beliefs and behaviors.
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