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## Abstract ## Background Screening for late effects in survivors of childhood cancer may be influenced by the patients' self‐reporting of their somatic state. However, self report of somatic symptoms may be influenced by factors other than objectively documented physical functions. This study examined the self report of somatic symptoms in children with cancer and matched healthy control children as a function of child adaptive style. ## Procedure Two groups of children age 7–18 were studied; children with cancer at least 6‐month post completion of therapy (n = 120) and a group of healthy children (n = 120) matched on age, race, and gender. Children completed measures of somatic symptoms, body consciousness, and adaptive style. ## Results Contrary to expectations, there were no differences between children with cancer and healthy controls in self‐reported somatic symptoms, although cancer patients reported slightly lower symptomatology. In contrast, there were significant differences in self‐reported somatic symptoms as a function of adaptive style. Children identified as repressors reported the lowest level of somatic symptoms and differed significantly from all other adaptive st

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Author

Nichole Jurbergs; Alanna Long; Melissa Hudson; Sean Phipps

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1545-5009)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)