Passive, avoiding, or negative/catastrophizing coping to parental illness seemed to be associated with more adverse child psychological outcomes. 

University of Illinois at Chicago

Children's cognitive processes and coping methods toward stress plays a significant role in their adjustment outcome. When encountering parental illness, children and adolescents may engage in different cognitive and adaptive processes to understand and interpret the meaning of parental illness and their roles in it. This includes thorough reflecting, adjusting, taking responsibility, and seeking respite. 

Child Adaptation Processes

Chen, C. Y. C. (2017). Effects of parental chronic illness on children’s psychosocial and educational functioning: a literature review. Contemporary School Psychology, 21(2), 166-176.

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