Evaluation of the effectiveness of a psychological rehabilitation program aimed at preventing social deprivation in primary school children with cancer

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Abstract

This article presents the experience of testing a psychological rehabilitation program in the prevention of social deprivation of children of primary school age with cancer and assessing its effectiveness. The presented program of psychological rehabilitation is implemented at the stage of long-term treatment in a medical hospital, as well as during the education of a child of primary school age with cancer in a hospital school. The goal of the psychological rehabilitation program is to increase the success of the reintegration of a child of primary school age with cancer into society after long-term treatment by developing social skills and reducing the level of anxiety. As a result of testing this psychological rehabilitation program, the following scientific and practical results were obtained: in children of primary school age with cancer, already during long-term treatment in a medical hospital and training at a hospital school, the level of social adaptation and social activity increased, and the level of social desirability decreased. Children of primary school age with cancer, because of a psychological rehabilitation program, began to talk more openly about their experiences, emotions, and feelings. All these results can become the basis for successful social reintegration of children of primary school age with cancer after long-term treatment. The scientific and practical result of this study was the development and experimental testing of the implementation of a Model of integrated medical, psychological, and pedagogical care in preparing children of primary school age with cancer for reintegration into society after long-term treatment in a medical hospital. The developed program of psychological rehabilitation can be implemented in the work of clinical psychologists working in children’s medical institutions, as well as in the work of educational psychologists in hospital schools for the purpose of psychological and pedagogical preparation of children of primary school age with cancer for reintegration into society after long-term treatment in medical hospitals.

General Information

Keywords: primary school age, psychological rehabilitation, social deprivation, cancer, social reintegration

Journal rubric: Empirical and Experimental Research

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu16.2024.402

Received: 19.03.2024

Accepted:

For citation: Kurtanova Yu.E., Shcherbakova A.M., Burdukova Y.A., Zorina E.S., Belozerskaya O.V., Lykova N.S., Shchukina V.D., Brilliantova A.A. Evaluation of the effectiveness of a psychological rehabilitation program aimed at preventing social deprivation in primary school children with cancer. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Psychology, 2024. Vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 588–604. DOI: 10.21638/spbu16.2024.402.

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Information About the Authors

Yulia E. Kurtanova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Head of the Department of Special Psychology and Rehabilitation, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8283-4874, e-mail: ulia.kurtanova@yandex.ru

Anna M. Shcherbakova, Candidate of Science (Education), Senior Researcher, Leading Researcher, Professor, Chair of Special Psychology and Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical and Special Psychology, Moscow State Univerity of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8932-4102, e-mail: shcherbakova.a.m@yandex.ru

Yulia A. Burdukova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Assistant Professor? chair of Differential Psychology and Psychophysiology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4827-2040, e-mail: julia_burd@inbox.ru

Ekaterina S. Zorina, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of the Special Psychology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Clinical and Special Psychology, Teacher-Psychologist, Head of the Psychological and Educational Support Service of Flagship Site, Moscow State University of psychology and education (MSUPE), Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research in Hospital Pedagogy, Institute of Child Development, Health and Adaptation; Head of Research Programs of the Psychological And Educational Support, Specialized Structural Unit “Hospital School “UchimZnaem / WeTeachTheyLearn”, School No. 109, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0745-4027, e-mail: zorina.es@uchimznaem.ru

Olga V. Belozerskaya, Assistant Professor of Chair of Special Psychology and Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical and Special Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1052-1489, e-mail: belozerskaya@mail.ru

Natalia S. Lykova, Senior Lecturer, Chair of Special Psychology & Rehabilitation, Faculty of Clinical & Special Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4159-5560, e-mail: likovans@gmail.com

Varvara D. Shchukina, PhD Student, Chair of Special Psychology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Clinical and Special Psychology, Moscow State University of psychology and education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9191-6361, e-mail: varia.shuckina@yandex.ru

Anastasiya A. Brilliantova, MA in Psychology, Psychologist, School "WeTeachTheyLearn”, Postgraduate Student and lecturer Department of the Special Psychology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Clinical and Special Psychology Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1791-846X, e-mail: rovnova.anastasiya@yandex.ru

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