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Abstract The present study aimed to assess stressors and coping strategies of mothers having children with cancer. A descriptive design was used, the study was carried out on 103 mothers of children with cancer at the Oncology Institute in Mansoura City. The data were collected using three tools: Tool (I) Maternal knowledge and medical history structure interview questionnaire. Tool (H) Stressors facing mothers with cancer children. Tool (Ill) Coping strategies scale. The results of this study revealed that most of mothers of studied cancer children (86.4%) suffered from psychological stressors followed by financial stressors, stressors related to treatment, physical stressors and social stressors (83.5%, 74.8%, 52.4%, 5.8% respectively). Also the results revealed that studied mothers of children with cancer used both emotional and problem solving coping strategies, most of them (68.9%) used emotional coping strategies and the highest percentage of them (78.6%) used problem solving coping strategies. So , the results recommended to setting training and educational programs for children with cancer and their mothers to alleviate their stressors and help them cope effectively with disease of their children and its treatment modalities. |