Illness perceptions and emotional well-being in men treated for localized prostate cancer

Do Changes in Illness Perceptions Predict Changes in Psychological Distress among Oesophageal Cancer Survivors?

“…Previous research indicates that Leventhal's Self-Regulatory Model (Leventhal et al, 1980) may be a useful approach to clarifying the interrelationships among these cognitive and emotional constructs (Llewellyn et al, 2007;Miller et al, 2005;Rozema et al, 2009;Scharloo et al, 2005;Traeger et al, 2009). …”

Waiting for thyroid surgery: A study of psychological morbidity and determinants of health associated with long wait times for thyroid surgery

“…The mean PSS score in this patient population was 17.9. 31 Similarly, the mean total score was 17.6 for patients with stage 2 and 3 breast cancer 3 months following surgery while awaiting adjuvant treatment. 32 Overall, our patients showed significantly elevated PSS scores compared to population norms and similar or higher than other cancer populations.…”

Perceived Control Mediates the Prospective Impact of Relationship Quality in the Year After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis

“…Cancer is considered a life-threatening yet low-control condition [22]. Although higher generalized personal control is associated concurrently and prospectively with positive psychological outcomes of cancer patients [58,59], the impact of illnessspecific personal control on adaptation to cancer and other chronic illnesses is equivocal: significant positive effect was found among people with rheumatoid arthritis but not among those with prostate cancer [60,61]. No studies have contextualized the impact of control beliefs within the social environment during the first few months after a cancer diagnosis, arguably the most distressing period for most patients across cultures [29,31,41,48].…”