Effects of Granting Wish to Children with Life-threatening Conditions on Adjustment to Disease with a Focus on the Mediating Effects of Resilience and Stress Caused by Diseases.
10.14475/kjhpc.2015.18.2.148
- Author:
Kwang Jae LEE
1
;
Kyung Il CHOI
Author Information
1. Make-A-Wish Korea, Seoul, Department of Social Welfare, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea. fundraiser@naver.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Child;
Child welfare;
Psychological adaptation;
Social adjustment;
Psychological resilience;
Psychological stress;
Physiological stress
- MeSH:
Adaptation, Psychological;
Child Welfare;
Child*;
Chronic Disease;
Financing, Organized*;
Humans;
Korea;
Negotiating*;
Resilience, Psychological;
Social Adjustment;
Stress, Physiological;
Stress, Psychological
- From:Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2015;18(2):148-155
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to examine how wish granting influences children with life-threatening medical conditions when it comes to their adaptation to disease with a focus on the mediating effect of resilience and stress caused by disease. METHODS: From January 2, 2015 through January 12, 2015, a survey was conducted on 292 children with life-threatening diseases whose wishes were granted through Make-A-Wish Korea. The data were collected using the impact of a wish scale, the Children's Adjustment to Cancer Inventory, the Childhood Cancer Stressor Inventory, and the resilience scale in children with chronic illness. The data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 20.0 and Amos 21.0. RESULTS: Satisfaction with the wish granting program enhances resilience, and resilience affects stress caused by medical conditions as well as adaptation to disease. Also, stress caused by medical conditions influences adaptation to disease. CONCLUSION: Wish granting is effective in both facilitating chronically ill children to adjust to disease and reduce their stress from disease. Thus, children with life-threatening medical conditions could be assisted or motivated to adjust to disease by improving satisfaction achieved by wish granting.
