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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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Longitudinal effects of social support and adaptive coping on the emotional well-being of survivors of localized prostate cancer.
Eric S. Zhou,Frank J. Penedo,Natalie E. Bustillo,Catherine Benedict,Mikal Rasheed,Suzanne C. Lechner,Mark S. Soloway,Bruce R. Kava,Neil Schneiderman,Michael H. Antoni +9 more
TL;DR: Regression analyses demonstrated that higher levels of social support at baseline predicted better emotional well-being 2 years later, and higher level of adaptive coping at baseline partially mediated the relationship between social support and emotionalWell-being.
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Emotions and Emotion Regulation in Breast Cancer Survivorship
TL;DR: A model for examining the mediating effects of ER on psychosocial outcomes is presented and the impact of affective regulatory processes on cancer patients’ long-term outcomes is illustrated.
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Effects of Writing About Emotions Versus Goals on Psychological and Physical Health Among Third-Year Medical Students
TL;DR: A moderating effect of EP on physical health was identified, such that low EP individuals who wrote about goals (BPS) had fewer health care visits at 3 months compared to low EP participants in the EMO and control conditions.
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Coping with the threat of terrorism: A review
TL;DR: Research on coping strategies employed in the aftermath of terrorist events, theories and empirical findings related to appraisal processes that influence individuals’ primary attributions of risk, and normative processes that shape secondary appraisals, which predict specific coping behaviors are examined.
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Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow and Anxiety Associated with an 8‐week Mindfulness Programme in Women with Breast Cancer
Daniela Monti,Kathryn M. Kash,Elisabeth J.S. Kunkel,George C. Brainard,Nancy Wintering,Aleezé S. Moss,Hengyi Rao,Senhua Zhu,Andrew B. Newberg +8 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the MBAT programme was associated with significant changes in CBF, which correlated with decreased anxiety over an 8-week period, which is similar to that experienced in women with breast cancer.
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