ATTRIBUTIONS, COPING, AND ADJUSTMENT IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER

Assessed the influence of children's attribution style, coping style, social competence, parent coping, and demographic variables on the psy chosocial adjustment of 86 pediatric oncology patients. Utilizing hier archical multiple regression procedures, nearly one half of the varian ce in child depression was predicted by children's avoidance coping, d epressive attributional style, and social competence. Child anxiety wa s predicted by a depressive attributional style, avoidance coping, and age at diagnosis. Child externalizing behavior was predicted by a dep ressive attributional style, parents' anxiety and SES. Implications fo r interventions and future research are discussed.