Can Making Video Narratives Benefit Adolescents With Cancer

Can Making Video Narratives Benefit Adolescents With Cancer

The purpose of this study is to learn more about the content of and benefits of making video testimonials in adolescents with cancer.

The current research aims to:

A. enlist teens with cancer to produce video narratives about their experiences with their illness B. explicitly characterize and investigate the videos' content and C. determine what aspects of the production were helpful to the teen making them and predicted to be helpful to those watching them.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with cancer
• Patients receiving cancer treatment for the first time
• Can complete study before high school graduation
• Must be able to read and understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants cannot have been treated for other chronic illnesses prior to cancer diagnosis
• Patients with cognitive and.or verbal capacities impaired to the point where they cannot consent or assent for themselves
• Patients who cannot communicate narratives clearly due to cognitive and/or verbal impairments