Aims: To examine coping strategies in parents of children with newly diagnosed cancer. Methods: A total 101 parents of children with cancer (75 mothers and 27 fathers; mean age 35.54 + or - 6.47) participated in a cross-study. The Parental Coping Strategies Inventory (PCSI) were used to interview at 1-4 weeks after diagnosis. Results: Parents of the children with newly diagnosed cancer often used learning information related to the children's cancer disease, interaction with spouse, information support, emotion support and increasing religious activities. Coping strategies, which are interaction with patient and healthy sibling, maintaining an optimistic state of mind and searching for spiritual meaning, were limitedly used during the first month after diagnosis. Escaping from reality was a rarely used coping strategy. Conclusions: Need to have psychosocial support for parents of children with newly diagnosed cancer and help they choose positive coping strategies in cancer treatment of their children.
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