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However, how school\u2010aged children make meaning of cancer and how developmental, relational, and sociocultural influences shape this process remain insufficiently characterized, particularly because frameworks are largely derived from adult research and centered on intrapersonal processes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To synthesize evidence on meaning making among school\u2010aged children with cancer and examine these findings through Park's meaning\u2010making model while identifying dimensions not fully captured by the model.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A scoping review was conducted according to PRISMA\u2010ScR guidelines. Four databases and reference lists were searched for peer\u2010reviewed studies examining meaning making through direct reports from children aged 6\u201312\u00a0years with cancer. Park's meaning\u2010making model informed study selection, data extraction, and deductive coding, while inductive coding identified dimensions not represented in the model.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Thirty\u2010nine studies were included. Children's meaning making encompassed global beliefs and developmental and healthcare\u2010related goals; appraisals of threats to the self, normalcy, relationships, and future; and cognitive, emotional, socially informed, spiritual, experiential, and avoidance\u2010related processes. Meaning making emerged as a dynamic, developmentally grounded, and relational process shaped by caregivers, healthcare professionals, and sociocultural contexts across the cancer trajectory. Evidence regarding children's sense of meaning or purpose and meanings made was limited.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>School\u2010aged children actively construct meaning throughout the cancer trajectory. Integrating interdisciplinary support for meaning making that is child\u2010centered and developmentally and culturally responsive into psychosocial care, serious illness communication, and pediatric palliative care may strengthen children's participation, coping, and psychosocial\u2013spiritual well\u2010being.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/pon.70592","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,2]],"date-time":"2026-09-02T12:56:52Z","timestamp":1788353812000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Not Too Young to Understand: Meaning Making From the Perspectives of School\u2010Aged Children With Cancer\u2014A Scoping Review"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"35","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-1856-281X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yixuan","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Work Colorado State University  Fort Collins Colorado USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-1111-2451","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cheng","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Work University of Minnesota  Minneapolis Minnesota USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7244-4239","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jennifer","family":"Currin\u2010McCulloch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Work Colorado State University  Fort Collins Colorado USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2927-1387","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David","family":"MacPhee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Development and Family Studies Colorado State University  Fort Collins Colorado USA"},{"name":"Prevention Research Center Colorado State University  Fort Collins Colorado USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7608-607X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abby R.","family":"Rosenberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Supportive Oncology Dana\u2010Farber Cancer Institute  Boston Massachusetts USA"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics Boston Children's Hospital  Boston Massachusetts USA"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School  Boston Massachusetts USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yijia","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Development and Family Studies Colorado State University  Fort Collins Colorado USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhenrong","family":"Su","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Work University of Connecticut  Hartford Connecticut USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-0686-1365","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peichen","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Suzanne Dworak\u2010Peck School of Social Work University of Southern California  Los Angeles California USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiameng","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Research Renmin University of China  Beijing China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sydney","family":"Pryor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology Colorado State University  Fort Collins Colorado USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_14_2_1","unstructured":"AACR Pediatric Cancer Progress Report 2025: Contents\u2014PCPR25. 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