“…It is now widely recognized that the way women regulate and express their emotions can influence not only their psychological adaptation but also their endocrine and immune functioning, which play a role in patients' quality of life and cancer prognosis (Austenfeld & Stanton, 2004;Giese-Davis & Spiegel, 2003;Giese-Davis, DiMiceli, Sephton, & Spiegel, 2006;Gross, 1989;Watson, Greer, & Rowden, 1991). More specifically, women with breast cancer who reported using generally less adaptive strategies to regulate or express their emotions (e.g., suppression or inhibition) also reported more emotional distress, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and lower quality of life and physical health Lieberman & Goldstein, 2006;Low et al, 2006;Wang et al, …”