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The Relationship Between Childhood Cancer, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, and Contributing Factors
No full textLiterature on the relationship between childhood cancer and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) is mixed. Research has shown that other factors (i.e., family problems, treatment intensity, stressful life events) impact this relationship. Researchers have examined the relationship between post-traumatic growth and experiencing cancer. We examined the psychological impact of childhood cancer on survivors. Participants (N = 105; M = 41.88 years, SD = 19.05) were typically female (58.4% women), White (69.8% White) adults. Using quota sampling, 42 participants experienced and completed cancer treatment before the age of 18, whereas 54 participants did not. Childhood cancer survivors were significantly more likely to have higher PTSS and post-traumatic growth than people who were not diagnosed with childhood cancer. Moreover, treatment intensity mediated this relationship. However, family problems and stressful life events did not moderate the relationship between experiencing cancer and PTSS. The findings could be used in interventions for reducing and treating PTSS in childhood cancer survivors
War and Temporality: Walter Benjamin’s Redemptive Allegory and William Faulkner’s A Fable
No full textFaulkner’s 1954 novel, A Fable, stands out from his body of work as an allegorical narrative that addresses universal themes outside of any local (e.g., the American South a generation after the Civil War) context. This essay more fully integrates A Fable into Faulkner’s body of work by examining how this novel takes up allegory not to “transcend” time by means of abstract—“conceptual”—universals but rather to delineate a worldly future. Such a “future,” as Sartre notes, is absent from Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha novels. The essay analyzes the allegory of A Fable in relation to Walter Benjamin’s rethinking of allegory in The Origin of German Tragic Drama, works that both focus on a war-torn world. The essay argues that A Fable is not, unlike much of Faulkner’s work, haunted by the past—including the brutal history of chattel slavery and racism—but rather by the future, which can be conceived as constituted by worldly action rather than an ideal state of affairs. It further addresses the articulation of racism in Faulkner’s work in relation to Benjamin’s sense of the “redemptive” possibilities/potentialities of allegory
Chronic Illness Education 2025: Local Action, Lower Pressure- Resources to Advocate for Improvement in Hypertension within the Community
No full textChronic Illness Education 2025: Persistent Obesity in a College Student: A Case for Investigating Endocrine Disruptors in Diet
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No full textOn Petrochemical Fantasies: The Art and Energy of American Comics
Full text linkPetrochecmical Fantasies: The Art and Energy of American Comics by Daniel Worden. The Ohio State University Press: Columbus, 2024. Pp. 171. $34.95 cloth
Associations of Aggressive and Prosocial Behaviors With Friendship Quality Before and After the Transition to Secondary School
No full textThis study examined associations of aggressive and prosocial behaviors with perceived support and negativity in children’s best friendships before and after the transition to secondary school (N= 1,073; 49.2% girls). Teachers rated children’s aggressive and prosocial behaviors in grades 1, 3, 4, and 6 of primary school. In grade 6 and the first 2 years of secondary school, children rated perceived support and negativity with their best friend. Growth curve analyses showed that increasing aggression combined with infrequent prosocial behavior predicted lower perceived support at the end of primary school and beyond, albeit only for girls. In contrast, high aggression combined with frequent prosocial behavior was unrelated to perceived support and conflict for both sexes. These results suggest that prosocial behaviors may be beneficial to buffer the effects of aggression on perceived support and conflict with the best friend, particularly for girls