Coping with breast cancer over time and situation

Heim, Edgar; Augustiny, Klaus F.; Schaffner, L.; Valach, Ladislav

doi:10.1016/0022-3999(93)90008-4

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“…) Research on coping with chronic illness and disability (CID) has, likewise, made major strides in recent years. Empirical documentation on the role played by coping strategies in psychosocial adaptation to CID has been obtained from such groups as people diagnosed with cardiac conditions (e.g., 16,17), cancer (e.g., 18,19), spinal cord injury (e.g., 20, 21), rheumatoid arthritis (e.g., 22), diabetes (e.g., 23), traumatic head injury (e.g., 24), multiple sclerosis (e.g., 25), pain (e.g., 26), amputation (e.g., 27), and visual impairments (e.g., 28). Findings from these studies, and from related reviews of the literature on coping with CID (e.g., 29, 30) suggest the following:…”

Section: Coping With Chronic Illness and Disabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychosocial Adaptation to Epilepsy: The Role of Coping Strategies

Livneh¹,

Wilson²,

Duchesneau³

et al. 2001

Epilepsy & Behavior

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Section: Coping With Chronic Illness and Disabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychosocial Adaptation to Epilepsy: The Role of Coping Strategies

Livneh¹,

Wilson²,

Duchesneau³

et al. 2001

Epilepsy & Behavior

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“…There also is evidence of both variability and stability in coping activity over time (Heim et al, 1993;Jarret et al, 1992). Folkman and Lazarus (1980) reported that people are more variable than consistent in their coping patterns.…”

Section: Coping Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Similarities in Coping Strategies but Differences in Sources of Support Among African American and White Women Coping with Breast Cancer

Bourjolly

Hirschman

2001

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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African American women are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than white women but are more likely to be adversely affected. However, little attention has been paid to how these women cope with the disease or whether they differ from white women in coping with breast cancer. Using a comparative design, this study analyzed the differences in coping strategies and use of social support between African American and white women with breast cancer. Findings suggest that both groups tend to seek social support as a way of coping with their breast cancer but differ in their sources of support. Social workers are urged to consider that there may be differences in sources of social support between racially and ethnically diverse populations. These differences may have an impact on the type of support provided and therefore on patients' need for service. ABSTRACT. African American women are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than white women but are more likely to be adversely affected. However, little attention has been paid to how these women cope with the disease or whether they differ from white women in coping with breast cancer. Using a comparative design, this study analyzed the differences in coping strategies and use of social support between African American and white women with breast cancer. Findings suggest that both groups tend to seek social support as a way of coping with their breast cancer but differ in their sources of support. Social workers are urged to consider that there may be differences in sources of social support between racially and ethnically diverse populations. These differences may have an impact on the type of support provided and therefore on patients' need for service.

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“…Much research has focused on the psychological experience of breast cancer patients at diagnosis and early in treatment [5,13,21,29]. A meta-analytic review of 58 studies found that, compared to a healthy population, cancer patients showed somewhat higher levels of depression [37].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%