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A jeep trip with young adult cancer survivors: Lessons to be learned

Supportive care in cancer, 2003-04, Vol.11 (4), p.201-206 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2003 INIST-CNRS ;Springer-Verlag 2003 ;ISSN: 0941-4355 ;EISSN: 1433-7339 ;DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0426-4 ;PMID: 12673458

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Title:
A jeep trip with young adult cancer survivors: Lessons to be learned
Author: ELAD, P ; YAGIL, Y ; COHEN, L ; MELLER, I
Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological ; Adult ; Biological and medical sciences ; Cancer ; Content analysis ; Fantasy ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Greece ; Humans ; Interpersonal Relations ; Male ; Medical sciences ; Miscellaneous ; Multiple tumors. Solid tumors. Tumors in childhood (general aspects) ; Neoplasms - psychology ; Personal Autonomy ; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry ; Psychopathology. Psychiatry ; Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling ; Social Isolation ; Socioenvironmental Therapy - methods ; Survivors - psychology ; Travel - psychology ; Treatments ; Tumors
Is Part Of: Supportive care in cancer, 2003-04, Vol.11 (4), p.201-206
Description: The paper describes major areas of concern and preferred coping mechanisms among 17 young survivors of childhood cancer who participated in an 8-day adventure jeep trip in Greece. The paper also deals with various aspects of "adventure therapeutic activity." The participants were videotaped and interviewed during and after the trip. The data gathered were studied through a process of content analysis. Survivors' main areas of concern included: coping with uncertainty, dependency versus autonomy, social exclusion, separation processes, body image, intimacy, sexuality and fertility, and occupation. Preferred coping styles included use of humor, religious beliefs, cognitive reframing, and use of imagination. The trip provided the young adults with an opportunity for physical challenges, and they reported improvements in self-confidence, independence, and social contacts. The trip served as a catalyst for further group activities and group support. An adventure trip seems to be a suitable therapeutic milieu for young adult cancer survivors, where they can profit from a nurturing setting in which rehabilitation-promoting resources are available. It still remains to be seen which components of such an activity are more health promoting, what contraindications there could be, if any, for participation in such a trip, and what role health professionals should play in this kind of activity.
Publisher: Heidelberg: Springer
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0941-4355
EISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0426-4
PMID: 12673458
Source: MEDLINE
Alma/SFX Local Collection
ProQuest Central

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A jeep trip with young adult cancer survivors: Lessons to be learned

2003 INIST-CNRS ;Springer-Verlag 2003 ;ISSN: 0941-4355 ;EISSN: 1433-7339 ;DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0426-4 ;PMID: 12673458

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