Social work Venera Bekteshi has found that a bout with cancer can be the catalyst for growth and healing in mother-daughter relationships.
Social work professor Venera Bekteshi has found that a bout with cancer can be the catalyst for growth and healing in mother-daughter relationships. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A bout with cancer can be the catalyst for growth and healing in mother-daughter relationships, suggests a new study by a University of Illinois social work professor. The research, published recently in the journal Psycho-Oncology, explored the challenges that cancer treatment posed to women's relationships with their young daughters and the relational skills that helped families overcome these difficulties. The women that participated in the study, who ranged in age from 27 to 45 years, were undergoing or had recently completed cancer treatment at two large teaching hospitals in the northeastern U.S. and had at least one daughter. The daughters ranged in age from 9 months to 18 years. "Young girls are going through a lot of developmental challenges, and adolescence is a really essential phase for them," said professor Venera Bekteshi , the lead author of the study.
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