Descriptive Statistics and Correlations among Variables of Interest
Mean QOL scores based on mother proxy-report and survivor report were in the normal range and above clinical cutoff scores (65.4 and 69.7, respectively) [24]. Initial examination of associations between demographic/medical factors (i.e., sociodemographic score, survivor age, survivor sex, mother age, time since treatment) and QOL revealed only a significant association between the sociodemographic score and mother-reported survivor QOL, r (80)=-.42,p <.001. However, bivariate correlations revealed significant associations between mother-reported survivor QOL and mother-reported survivor’s cancer specific stress, mother’s general stress, and parent-adolescent communication (see Table 2). Bivariate correlations also revealed a significant association between survivor-reported QOL and mother report of survivor’s cancer-specific stress (Table 2).