How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: A study of women with early stage breast cancer.

Carver, Charles S.; Pozo, Christina; Harris, Suzanne D.; Noriega, Victoria; Scheier, Michael F.; Robinson, David S.; Ketcham, Alfred S.; Moffat, Frederick L.; Clark, Kimberley C.

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.65.2.375

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“…A number of studies aim at identifying patterns of coping with cancer or groups of coping responses to it [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]. Most of these investigations focus their study of the ways of coping on the group of cancer patients.…”

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Coping Strategies of Women with Breast Cancer: A Comparison of Patients with Healthy and Benign Controls

Anagnostopoulos

Vaslamatzis²,

Markidis³

2003

Psychother Psychosom

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Background: Cancer has an enormous impact on the patient, triggering fears of suffering, disability and death. Still, little research has been published which investigates the coping strategies adopted by cancer patients, when attempting to deal with their serious health threat. Moreover, it is often not clarified whether the selected coping strategies are used exclusively by cancer patients, or whether other groups of women facing benign breast diseases or having health worries regarding their breasts share similar coping strategies. This study attempts to identify those coping strategies that distinguish breast cancer patients from non-malignant controls. Methods: A sample of 180 breast cancer patients was assessed on how it coped with health threats. The control group was composed of 268 women who were diagnosed as having either a benign disease or were disease free. The Ways of Coping Questionnaire was administered in order to record the frequency of the coping strategies used under the health conditions. Univariate analyses were conducted to compare mean scores in coping strategies among the diagnostic groups. Multivariate analyses were performed to identify those variables that distinguish one group from the other. Results: Compared with women with benign breast disease and those who were disease free, breast cancer patients significantly infrequently exhibited attributions of blame to self, whereas they did not differ from controls in other ways of coping such as self-isolation, passive acceptance, seeking social support, problem-focused coping, positive reappraisal, distancing, and wishful thinking. Conclusion: Our results may suggest that under the conditions of a cancer diagnosis, patients do not tend to assign responsibility on themselves and their character, since they possibly need to avoid guilt, low self-esteem, and social distance, and to maintain a potential to invest in the adjustment process.

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Coping Strategies of Women with Breast Cancer: A Comparison of Patients with Healthy and Benign Controls

Anagnostopoulos

Vaslamatzis²,

Markidis³

2003

Psychother Psychosom

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“…Así mismo, el estudio de Holland y Holahan (2003) encontró que las estrategias de afrontamiento por evitación se relacionaban negativamente con el bienestar psicológico. También son consistentes con los resultados reportados por Carver et al (1993), quienes encontraron que la negación fue un predictor significativo de los trastornos psicológicos.…”

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Evaluación de las alteraciones psicológicas y de la calidad de vida en pacientes con cáncer colorrectal localizado

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2016

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“…Optimists, who by definition have positive future expectancies, should respond to difficulty (i.e. a cancer diagnosis) with continued effort by changing their diet and exercise behaviors, while pessimists (who have negative expectancies) would be more likely to give up [27], and not exercise or change their diet. Better physical and emotional functioning (i.e.…”

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Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief Cancer Impact Assessment among Breast Cancer Survivors

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Objectives: The increasing number of cancer survivors brings greater attention to the biopsychosocial impact of surviving cancer. Instruments exist that measure quality of life (QOL), symptoms, and specific types of functioning after cancer; however, a reliable and valid assessment of the perceived impact of cancer (IOC) on the life plans and activities of cancer survivors has been missing. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the 16-item Brief Cancer Impact Assessment (BCIA). Methods: Factor analysis with Promax oblique rotation established the factor structure of the BCIA in 783 ethnically diverse breast cancer survivors, ≧2 years after diagnosis. Construct validity was assessed by comparing factor-based scale means by demographic and treatment characteristics, and correlating scales with psychosocial and health-related QOL scales. Results: Factor analysis revealed four factors measuring the IOC on caregiving and finances, exercise and diet behaviors, social and emotional functioning, and religiosity. Scale scores differed by demographic and treatment characteristics according to expectations, and the pattern of correlations with psychosocial and health-related QOL generally supported the construct validity of the scales. Conclusion: Including the BCIA with measures of QOL, symptoms, and functioning will allow researchers to gain a more comprehensive assessment of the biopsychosocial IOC in survivors.

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How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: A study of women with early stage breast cancer.

Cited by 1,241 publications

References 60 publications

Coping Strategies of Women with Breast Cancer: A Comparison of Patients with Healthy and Benign Controls

Coping Strategies of Women with Breast Cancer: A Comparison of Patients with Healthy and Benign Controls

Evaluación de las alteraciones psicológicas y de la calidad de vida en pacientes con cáncer colorrectal localizado

Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief Cancer Impact Assessment among Breast Cancer Survivors

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