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Sarah B. Kirk
Researcher at University of Kansas
Publications - 5
Citations - 1898
Sarah B. Kirk is an academic researcher from University of Kansas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emotional expression & Emotional approach coping. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 1825 citations.
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Emotionally expressive coping predicts psychological and physical adjustment to breast cancer.
Annette L. Stanton,Sharon Danoff-Burg,Christine L. Cameron,Michelle Bishop,Charlotte A. Collins,Sarah B. Kirk,Lisa A. Sworowski,Robert Twillman +7 more
TL;DR: For example, this paper found that women who coped through expressing emotions surrounding cancer had fewer medical appointments for cancer-related morbidities, enhanced physical health and vigor, and decreased distress during the next 3 months compared with those low in emotional expression, with age, other coping strategy scores, and initial levels on dependent variables controlled statistically.
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Randomized, Controlled Trial of Written Emotional Expression and Benefit Finding in Breast Cancer Patients
Annette L. Stanton,Sharon Danoff-Burg,Lisa A. Sworowski,Charlotte A. Collins,Ann D. Branstetter,Alicia Rodriguez-Hanley,Sarah B. Kirk,Jennifer L. Austenfeld +7 more
TL;DR: Experimentally induced emotional expression and benefit finding regarding early-stage breast cancer reduced medical visits for cancer-related morbidities and effects on psychological outcomes varied as a function of cancer- related avoidance.
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Coping through emotional approach: scale construction and validation.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the psychometric adequacy and validity of scales designed to assess coping through emotional approach, and highlight the utility of functionalist theories of emotion as applied to coping theory.
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Social comparison and adjustment to breast cancer: an experimental examination of upward affiliation and downward evaluation.
TL;DR: Participants demonstrated a greater desire for information and emotional support from the well-adjusted target than from the poorly adjusted target, and a pervasive tendency toward downward comparison in self-evaluation also was noted.