“…These are: self-confidence, search for support, problem solving, search for information, adjustment/adaptation, negotiation, delegation, social isolation, helplessness, avoidance, submission, and opposition (Ramos et al, 2015;Vasconcelos & Nascimento, 2016;Zimmer-Gembeck & Skinner, 2011). This theoretical model was used in several Brazilian studies with sick or hospitalized children, including some with cancer (Caprini & Motta, 2017;Carnier, Padovani, Perosa, & Rodrigues, 2015;Garioli, Paula, & Enumo, 2019;Hostert, Motta, & Enumo, 2015;Oliveira, Enumo, & Paula, 2017;Pagung, Canal, Missawa, & Motta, 2017). In general, the children in these studies reported the use of behaviors with a greater chance of a positive outcome in the adaptive process, such as: taking medicines, talking, watching television, and playing.…”