Suzanne D. Harris

TL;DR: Path analyses suggested that several coping reactions played mediating roles in the effect of optimism on distress; acceptance and the use of humor prospectively predicted lower distress; denial and disengagement predicted more distress.

TL;DR: The authors tested effects of a 10-week group cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention among 100 women newly treated for Stage 0-II breast cancer, finding that the intervention reduced prevalence of moderate depression and increased generalized optimism.

TL;DR: Investment in appearance made women more resilient against deterioration in their perceptions of attractiveness, and concern about body image related to distress across the postsurgical year.

TL;DR: The pattern suggests that women's impressions of their partners' emotional involvement after surgery for breast cancer forecast their adjustment in sexual, marital, and emotional arenas over the following year.

TL;DR: This study examined the personality trait of optimism versus pessimism as a predictor of adjustment over the first year, postsurgery in breast cancer patients.