Optimism and health‐related quality of life in adolescents with cancer

Mannix, Margaret M.; Feldman, Jonathan; Moody, Karen

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00934.x

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“…Adolescent cancer patients continuously show strong correlations between optimism and high health-related quality of life, with reported lower levels of pain and increased psychological functioning compared to adolescents who report reduced optimism. 36 Not all adolescents in this study exhibited adaptive coping mechanisms. According to attribution theory, people often ascribe causality to events and attributions in an effort to make sense of their world.…”

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Coping Styles of Female Adolescent Cancer Patients with Potential Fertility Loss

Quinn

Murphy

Knapp

et al. 2013

Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

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Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess the coping styles of female adolescent cancer patients regarding potential loss of fertility. Expectations and desires for the future, coping styles in typical adolescence, and coping styles when faced with potential loss of fertility due to cancer treatment are discussed. Methods: Female adolescents diagnosed with cancer aged 12-18 years at study (N = 14) were administered a 10-item values clarification tool to pilot test the readability and relevance of the items on reproductive concerns, followed by a cognitive debriefing interview asking participants how they would respond to each item. These qualitative responses were assessed for coping style type using the constant comparative approach. Results: All adolescent participants reported having a strong desire for biological children in the future. Reactions to questions regarding the loss of fertility fell into two categories of coping styles: emotion-focused coping or problem-focused (engagement) coping. Within emotion-focused coping, there were three distinct styles: externalizing attribution style, internalizing attribution style, and repressive adaptation. Problem-focused coping adolescents displayed optimism. Conclusion: Successful interventions aimed at promoting adaptive coping styles should seek to uncover adolescents' values about future parenthood and reproduction. Development of an age-appropriate assessment to stimulate dialogue regarding fertility and initiate an adolescent's cognitive processing of potential fertility loss is warranted.

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Coping Styles of Female Adolescent Cancer Patients with Potential Fertility Loss

Quinn

Murphy

Knapp

et al. 2013

Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

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“…Another explanation, however, is that these respondents have internal sources of optimism and resiliency that shield them from being overwhelmed and unable to manage their distress [29]. In the context of life-threatening illness, normal developmental tasks (i.e., heterosexual attachment, emancipation from the family, identity formation) may be interrupted and these childrenand adolescents, in particular-may be striving towards normalcy and minimization of their cancer-related needs [29].…”

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Psychosocial needs of ethnic minority, inner-city, pediatric cancer patients

Moody

Mannix

Furnari

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Given the high prevalence of reported unmet informational needs, efforts should be made to provide patients and families with education tailored to their informational needs and level of education. This population may benefit from psychoeducational interventions, including community-based informational and peer support groups. Such interventions may augment efforts to lessen health gaps experienced in this population.

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“…A high level of dispositional optimism has been associated with better mental and physical health, as well as with more protective practices, and resilience to stressful life events on samples of adults (see Carver et al, 2010;Rasmussen, Scheier, & Greenhouse, 2010 for reviews). Previous studies also showed that dispositional optimism is related to various indices of the adolescents' positive adjustment, such as healthcare attitudes, physical and psychological quality of life, or motivation to pursue their goals (e.g., Jones, DeMore, Cohen, O'Connell, & Jones, 2008;Mannix, Feldman, & Moody, 2009;Huan, Yeo, Ang, & Chong, 2006). Recent research suggests that optimism is a modifiable variable that can be developed in adolescents through certain psychological interventions, becoming a stable personality trait throughout adulthood (Mannix et al, 2009;Tusaie & Patterson, 2006).…”

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Dispositional Optimism, Affective States and Judgements of Future Life Events

Diaconu‐Gherasim

Măirean²

2017

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This research examined the relationship between dispositional optimism and judgements of future life events, and whether this relationship is moderated by affective states. An adolescent sample (N = 139, 57.6 % girls) was recruited. After filling in the questionnaire for dispositional optimism, the participants were randomly assigned in the experimental conditions in order to induce negative affective states versus control condition. Finally, the participants completed the a ffective states and judgements of fu ture life events scales. The results indicated that dispositional optimism positively correlated with judgement of positive events, but not with judgements of nega tive events. We found evidence for a ffective state a s a modera tor; the relationship between dispositional optimism and judgements of future positive events was stronger in the control condition compa red to the negative a ffective state condition. T he implications of these findings for understanding the relation between personality factors and judgements about future events are discussed.

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Optimism and health‐related quality of life in adolescents with cancer

Abstract: Optimism is associated with higher QOL in inner city adolescents with cancer. Further research should assess whether interventions that increase optimism lead to greater QOL in this population.

Cited by 40 publications

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Coping Styles of Female Adolescent Cancer Patients with Potential Fertility Loss

Coping Styles of Female Adolescent Cancer Patients with Potential Fertility Loss

Psychosocial needs of ethnic minority, inner-city, pediatric cancer patients

Dispositional Optimism, Affective States and Judgements of Future Life Events

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