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).