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Evaluated relationships between parenting stress and parent-rated chil
d quality of life during treatment for childhood leukemia and later pa
rental posttraumatic stress symptoms and parent and child anxiety afte
r-completion of cancer treatment in 29 families of patients with leuke
mia. Correlations among in-treatment and off-treatment variables showe
d strong patterns of association between parenting stress during treat
ment and later parental adjustment, for both mothers and fathers. Pare
nt-rated child quality of life was also significantly associated with
later adjustment for mothers and children. Despite the small sample, d
ata point to the importance and consistency of parental reactions from
diagnosis through the end of treatment and have clinical implications
for psychosocial services during and after treatment.