Changes and predictors of social support in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors—Results of a 7‐year longitudinal study
Sabrina Merz,
Michael Friedrich,
Hannah Brock
et al.
Abstract:ObjectiveAs social support has been shown to have beneficial effects on coping with cancer, our study aims to close the research gap on perceived social support in adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors.MethodsAYAs evaluated their perceived positive social support (PS) and detrimental interactions (DI) by completing the Illness‐Specific Social Support Scale (ISSS‐8) upon completion of acute treatment (t1) as well as 1 year (t2) and 7 years (t6) later. Temporal changes of social support were examined… Show more
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