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Aim and Background: This research aimed to study the behavioral-emotional problems and skills of 6 to 12 year-old children of parents with cancer, and compare them with children of healthy parents. Methods and Materials: The study was conducted with an ex post facto design. The participants included 2 groups of 80 individuals (children of parents with cancer and children of healthy parents) who were selected through convenience sampling. The data collection tool used was the Child Behavior Checklist-Parent Report Form (CBCL). For statistical analysis of the findings, one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA), Mann–Whitney-U test, and correlation coefficient were used. Findings: There was a significant difference between the two groups regarding the variable of activity (P = 0.01). Moreover, there was a significant difference between the two groups in the variable of aggressive behavior in all dimensions of internalized and externalized problems (P = 0.01). However, the difference between the groups in the variables of community (P = 0.87) and school (P = 0.26) was not significant. Conclusions: Although parents' chronic diseases such as cancer can cause emotional and behavioral problems in children, they can also create the basis for compensatory behaviors, such as advances in school in order to please parents or compensate for the child’s dissatisfaction with medical incompetence.

Keywords: Cancer, Behavioral-emotional problems, Children&, #039, s skills

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