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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
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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.Abstract:
This study tested the hypothesis that coping through emotional approach, which involves actively processing and expressing emotions, enhances adjustment and health status for breast cancer patients. Patients (n = 92) completed measures within 20 weeks following medical treatment and 3 months later. Women who, at study entry, 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 (except medical visits) controlled statistically. Expressive coping also was related to improved quality of life for those who perceived their social contexts as highly receptive. Coping through emotional processing was related to one index of greater distress over time. Analyses including dispositional hope suggested that expressive coping may serve as a successful vehicle for goal pursuit.read more
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Caring for Caregivers: Assessing the Influence of Expressive Writing on Cancer Caregivers’ Emotional Well-being, Relational Satisfaction, and Comforting Sensitivity
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assessed the influence of expressive writing on cancer caregivers' emotional well-being, Relational Satisfaction, and Comforting Sensitivity in a 17-day intervention with Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients.
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Psychosocial Characteristics of Adult Daughters of Breast Cancer Patients: Comparison of Clinic and Community Caregivers Samples
TL;DR: The psychosocial functioning of women who served as informal caregivers during their mothers with breast cancer was characterized to underscore the need for interventions tailored for caregivers to consider the unique psychossocial characteristics of caregivers across settings.
Written emotional disclosure: what are the benefits of expressive writing in psychotherapy?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the extent to which outpatient psychotherapy clients benefited from a writing homework intervention based on Pennebaker's written emotional disclosure protocol, and examined the effects of the writing homework on psychotherapy process and outcome.
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Relations among Parental Responding to Offspring Emotion, Emotion Approach Coping, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Trauma-Exposed College Students
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated whether dispositional use of emotional approach coping partially accounts for the association between parental response to emotional expression and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in a sample of 252 trauma-exposed individuals drawn from a pool of college students and college-age members of the community at-large.
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Levels of emotional awareness during psychotherapy among gynecologic cancer patients
Shannon Myers Virtue,Sharon L. Manne,Kevin R. Criswell,David W. Kissane,Carolyn J. Heckman,David Rotter +5 more
TL;DR: Examining emotional awareness during therapy among gynecologic cancer patients, identify baseline predictors, and explore the relationship between in-session emotional awareness and processing found SC may facilitate emotional awareness.
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