Spousal support and changes in distress over time in couples coping with cancer: The role of personal control.

Dagan, Meirav; Sanderman, Robbert; Schokker, Marike C.; Wiggers, Theo; Baas, Peter C.; Haastert, M. van; Hagedoorn, Mariët

doi:10.1037/a0022887

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“…Benyamini et al, 2007;Sterba & DeVellis, 2009), as well as that dyadic behaviour is important for both partners' adaptation to illness and well-being (e.g. Badr et al, 2010;Dagan et al, 2011;Mellon et al, 2007). It seems that, within a dyadic context, partners probably take due account of each other's illness-related beliefs and experience,…”

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“…Mellon, Kershaw, Northouse, and Freeman-Gibb (2007) reported that the dyadic family stress and the dyadic meaning of illness were related to the fear of recurrence in a sample of cancer survivors and their partners. Dagan et al (2011) showed that spousal support was important for both cancer patients and their partners, but only when they reported relatively low levels of personal control.…”

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“…Nevertheless, we believe that at the beginning of a severe stressful encounter (such as a recently diagnosed cancer, as in this study) an optimistic representation of control, even if it comes from the partner, would be beneficial. It is possible that patients and spouses who find themselves involved in a demanding and distressing situation after a cancer diagnosis and may also believe that not many things can be done to deal with illness are likely to benefit when partners express positive representations, as this may help the first to maintain a sense of control over the situation and, therefore, adapt and feel better (Bandura, 1986;Folkman, 1984;Rotter, 1966; see also, Dagan et al, 2011).…”

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Representations of control and psychological symptoms in couples dealing with cancer: A dyadic-regulation approach

Karademas

Giannousi

2013

Psychology & Health

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The aim of this study was to examine the relation between illness representations of personal and treatment control and psychological symptoms (i.e. symptoms of anxiety and depression) in 72 married couples dealing with a recently diagnosed cancer. Patients were first-diagnosed with early stage (45.83%) or metastatic cancer (54.17%). Dyadic responses were examined with the actor-partner interdependence model. Also, in order to examine whether patients and spouses' representations of control moderate the relation of their partners' corresponding representations to psychological symptoms, we used the relevant bootstrapping framework developed by Hayes and Matthes [(2009). Computational procedures for probing interactions in OLS and logistic regression: SPSS and SAS implementations. Behavior Research Methods, 41, 924-936]. Patients' symptoms of anxiety and depression were associated with both partners' representations of control. Chi-square difference tests indicated that actor and partner effects were equal. Spouses' symptoms of anxiety and depression were related only to their own representations. Moreover, spouses' representations of personal control moderated the relation of patients' corresponding representations to depressive symptoms, whereas patients' representations of treatment control moderated the relation of their spouses' corresponding representations to both anxiety and depression. Findings suggest that both partners' representations of control are important for adaptation to illness. Moreover, they indicate that dyadic regulation may be equally important to self-regulation as far as adaptation to illness is concerned.

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Giannousi

2013

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“…Individuals who use maladaptive coping strategies such as avoidance (disengaging from a stressor instead of directly addressing it), blaming self (focusing on self-blaming instead of actively trying to address the stressor), and who experience feelings of helplessness in the face of dealing with HIV may benefit more from social support, because they are at higher risk for poorer outcomes compared to individuals who do not use maladaptive coping strategies or who do not experience feelings of helplessness, and thus stand to gain more from social support. Indeed, studies suggest that individuals low in personal control (Dagan et al, 2011) benefit more from social support compared to individuals high in personal control. This may be due to those with high levels of personal control having ceiling functioning on outcomes, with not much room for improvement.…”

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Social support and moment-to-moment changes in treatment self-efficacy in men living with HIV: Psychosocial moderators and clinical outcomes.

Turan¹,

Fazeli²,

Raper³

et al. 2016

Health Psychology

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Objective For people living with HIV, treatment adherence self-efficacy is an important predictor of treatment adherence and therefore of clinical outcomes. Using experience sampling method (ESM), this study aimed to examine: (1) the within-person association between moment-to-moment changes in social support and HIV treatment self-efficacy; (2) the moderators of this within-person association, (3) the concordance between questionnaire and ESM measurement of treatment self-efficacy; and (4) the utility of each approach (ESM and questionnaire) in predicting adherence to medication, adherence to clinic visits, CD4 counts, and viral load. Methods 109 men living with HIV responded to the same set of ESM questions 3 times a day for 7 days via a smart phone given to them for the study. They also completed cross-sectional questionnaires and their clinic data was extracted from medical records in order to examine predictors and consequences of state and trait treatment self-efficacy. Results In within-person hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) analyses, receipt of recent social support predicted higher current ESM treatment self-efficacy. This association was stronger for individuals reporting higher avoidance coping with HIV. The correlation between ESM and questionnaire measures of treatment self-efficacy was r = .37. ESM measure of average treatment self-efficacy predicted medication adherence, visit adherence, CD4 counts, and viral load, while questionnaire-based self-efficacy did not predict these outcomes. Conclusion Interventions aimed at improving treatment adherence may target social support processes, which may improve treatment self-efficacy and adherence.

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“…The person receives support from their family or significant people in their life when they feel their abilities are inadequate or worn out. It has been reported that social support affects physical and emotional health positively by meeting fundamental social needs such as love, compassion, and belonging to a group, and is a significant help for the person in coping with difficulties in life (8)(9)(10)(11)(12).…”

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The Treatment Approach and Social Support Needs for Patients with Breast Cancer

Soylar

Genç

2016

J Breasth Health

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IntroductionBreast cancer is the second most common cancer type in the world and the most common cancer type in women. The number of newly diagnosed breast cancers in 2012 was 1.67 million, and breast cancer makes up 25% of all types of cancer in women (1). According to the data of the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of women who died of breast cancer worldwide in 2011 was 508 000. Breast cancer incidence increases as life expectancy increases, and urbanization and western lifestyles are adopted more and more in today's ever-developing world. It frequently occurs in both developed and less developed countries (2).As breast cancer incidence increases in most parts of the world, there are major disparities between poor and rich countries in this regard (3). Patients in undeveloped and less developed countries are diagnosed later compared with patients in developed countries. Diagnosis at a late stage decreases treatment options and increases mortality (4).Diagnosis in an advanced stage could occur because of patient-related as well as healthcare system-related reasons. Reasons such as lack of knowledge on symptoms, risk factors, and screening methods of breast cancer, cultural taboos regarding cancer treatment centers, and fear of hospitals are amongst reasons for patient-related latency. Although there is less information regarding healthcare system-related reasons, physicians' lack of knowledge on diagnosis and treatment and obstacles patients experience in reaching a physician or a hospital are considered amongst these reasons (5, 6).The negative effects of breast cancer on women's health are multidimensional. Problems that arise based on cancer treatment, problems about family and occupational life, and uncertainties toward life in the future influence the individual's physical and psychologic health negatively. Therefore, making emotional and social support attempts during the duration of the disease is of vital importance (7). Materials and Methods:The study included 200 patients with breast cancer who were treated at the chemotherapy unit during 2013 and 2014.Results: The mean age of the patients was 51.16±1.10 years and 60% of the women were graduates of elemantary school. The majority of patients (69.5%) noticed breast mass as the first symptom and 56.5% were diagnosed at later stages. Thirty-four percent of the patients delayed their visit to a health care centers after realizing the first symptom. No statistically significant relationship was determined between women's education level, residential area, age, the first symptom noticed, stages of tumor, and patients and system-related delay (p>0.05). In terms of family history of breast cancer, there was a significant difference between patient-related and system-related delays (p<0.05). The family support score (24.8±4.6) was higher than those of friends and husbands (23.8±5.5, 21.3±6.4, respectively). The husband support score was statistically different in terms of intimacy between women and their husbands after disease (p<0.001). Conclusi...

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Spousal support and changes in distress over time in couples coping with cancer: The role of personal control.

Cited by 40 publications

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Representations of control and psychological symptoms in couples dealing with cancer: A dyadic-regulation approach

Representations of control and psychological symptoms in couples dealing with cancer: A dyadic-regulation approach

Social support and moment-to-moment changes in treatment self-efficacy in men living with HIV: Psychosocial moderators and clinical outcomes.

The Treatment Approach and Social Support Needs for Patients with Breast Cancer

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