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Patients' strategies for adapting to cancer treatment.
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This article is published in Western Journal of Nursing Research.The article was published on 1992-10-01. It has received 24 citations till now.read more
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Influence of the Research Frame on Qualitatively Derived Health Science Knowledge
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw on insights obtained from their experiences attempting to synthesize qualitative research findings and raise questions about the manner in which qualitatively derived knowledge from various orientations can be interpreted and understood.
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Bandura's theory of self-efficacy: applications to oncology.
TL;DR: Evidence from research examining applications of Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy in oncology suggests relationships between self-efficiency and cancer prevention and self- efficacy and adaptation to cancer.
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An intervention to increase quality of life and self-care self-efficacy and decrease symptoms in breast cancer patients.
TL;DR: Interventions to promote self-efficacy may increase quality of life and decrease symptom distress for women diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Age, self-efficacy, and change in patients' adjustment to cancer.
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that without intervention, cancer patients' measures of self-efficacy and adjustment decrease over time, and patients' self- efficacy influences their adjustment.
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Prostate cancer in African Americans: relationship of patient and partner self-efficacy to quality of life
Lisa C. Campbell,Francis J. Keefe,Daphne C. McKee,Christopher L. Edwards,Steven H. Herman,Lawrence E. Johnson,O. Michael Colvin,Colleen M. McBride,Craig F. Donattuci +8 more
TL;DR: Examining the relationship between patient and partner ratings of self-efficacy for symptom control and quality of life among 40 African American prostate cancer survivors and their intimate partners indicated that higher self- efficacy in patients was associated with less anxiety and caregiver strain in partners, and higher Selfefficacy in partners wasassociated with better adjustment to bowel and hormonal symptoms and better mental health in patients.
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Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
TL;DR: An integrative theoretical framework to explain and to predict psychological changes achieved by different modes of treatment is presented and findings are reported from microanalyses of enactive, vicarious, and emotive mode of treatment that support the hypothesized relationship between perceived self-efficacy and behavioral changes.
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Human Agency in Social Cognitive Theory
TL;DR: The nature and function of human agency is examined within the conceptual model of triadic reciprocal causation, which accords a central role to cognitive, vicarious, self-reflective, and self-regulatory processes.
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Adjustment to threatening events: A theory of cognitive adaptation.
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Downward Comparison Principles in Social Psychology
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that downward comparison is a process evoked by negative affect, and that there is considerable evidence for self-enhancing comparison processes, which is involved in several areas of social-psycho logical research.