Centrality of the childhood cancer experience and its relation to post‐traumatic stress and growth

Event centrality, the degree to which a traumatic event is perceived as central to one's identity, has been associated with post‐traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms and post‐traumatic growth (PTG) outcomes in various trauma samples. Trauma frameworks are widely used to understand the psychological impact of pediatric cancer; however, event centrality has not been studied in this population. We investigated event centrality in pediatric cancer survivors and healthy comparisons, and its relation with PTS and PTG outcomes.

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