Date Available
5-9-2020
Year of Publication
2020
Degree Name
Master of Science in Family Sciences (MSFS)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Family Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. Donald Bruce Ross, III
Abstract
According to the American Cancer Society (2019), it is estimated that 1,762,450 new cancer diagnoses occurred in 2019 in the United States. Currently, cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide (American Cancer Society, 2019). As cancer affects the family, roles within the family will shift (e.g., transitioning to a caregiving relationship), causing each family member to adapt. With the costs of cancer steadily increasing, this potentially leaves a devastating impact on the family. When considering family function in terms of Family Systems, John Rolland created the Family Systems Illness Model to explain how families adapt to an illness, which is the lens families are viewed from in this study. In the present study, cancer stress and financial stress are examined with family adaptability and cohesion as a mediator. While the present study showed few relationships between cancer stress, financial stress, and family adaptability and cohesion, this could be attributed to the limitations of the study.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2020.157
Funding Information
Phil Richards Endowment--College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, $750.
Fall 2019-Spring 2020
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Emily Marie, "STRESS AND CANCER TREATMENT: HOW A FAMILY’S ADAPTABILITY AND COHESION AFFECTS FINANCIAL STRESS" (2020). Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences. 82.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/82
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Finance and Financial Management Commons, Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling Commons, Medical Humanities Commons
