The Ways of Coping Checklist (WCC)

Cousson‐Gélie, Florence; Cosnefroy, Olivier; Christophe, Véronique; Segrestan-Crouzet, Carine; Merckaert, Isabelle; Fournier, Emmanuelle; Libert, Yves; Lafaye, A; Razavi, Darius

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“…Lundqvist et al [89] were able to validate the Ways of Coping scale with a Swedish population. Cousson-Gélie et al [90] attempted to validate the Ways of Coping scale with a French population, but the factor structure was not the same as the original measure. To our knowledge, neither of these measures has been validated with other language groups or with women of color.…”

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Breast cancer and coping among women of color: a systematic review of the literature

Yoo

Levine

Pasick

2014

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Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer for women regardless of race/ethnicity. Women of color are diagnosed at later stages and experience greater mortality than their White counterparts. However, there has been comparatively little research on coping with breast among racial/ethnic minorities at time of diagnosis, during treatment, or in the course of survivorship. This is despite the fact that research has repeatedly shown that distress can impact disease progression and survival. The questions asked of this systematic literature review include: (1) What is known about coping with breast cancer among major racial/ethnic groups? (2) What are the strengths and gaps in research to date? Over 120 peer-reviewed published studies (1980–2012) were reviewed. A total of 33 met criteria for inclusion including 15 quantitative, 17 qualitative, and 1 mixed methods study. The majority of studies were small sample cross-sectional studies. Only five studies were longitudinal, and two randomized-controlled intervention trials sought to improve coping among survivors. The most common topic in both quantitative and qualitative studies was spirituality and coping among African American breast cancer patients. Thirteen studies included Latinas only or in combination with other groups. Only one quantitative and one qualitative study solely addressed the Asian American population exploring coping and adjustment. In the course of this systematic literature review, we elucidate what is known about coping with breast cancer among racial/ethnic minority women and identify priorities for future research.

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Breast cancer and coping among women of color: a systematic review of the literature

Yoo

Levine

Pasick

2014

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“…Our results also parallel the body of studies on stress and coping. Western studies consistently documented an inverse link between the deployment of action-oriented strategies and the experience of anxiety (e.g., Cousson-Gélie et al, 2010;Gunthert, Cohen, & Armeli, 2002;Schanke, 1997;Whatley, Foreman, & Richards, 1998), suggesting that active confrontation of stressful events generally mitigates fear and uncertainty in individualist cultures. However, studies undertaken in collectivist societies obtained a different pattern of results (e.g., Cheng, 2003;Gan, Shang, & Zhang, 2007;Roussi, Krikeli, Hatzidimitriou, & Koutri, 2007;Zong et al, 2010).…”

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Cultural meaning of perceived control: A meta-analysis of locus of control and psychological symptoms across 18 cultural regions.

Cheng¹,

Cheung²,

Chio³

et al. 2013

Psychological Bulletin

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Integrating more than 40 years of studies on locus of control (LOC), this meta-analysis investigated whether (a) the magnitude of the relationship between LOC and psychological symptoms differed among cultures with distinct individualist orientations and (b) depression and anxiety symptoms yielded different patterns of cultural findings with LOC. We included studies that examined global self-ratings of LOC and at least 1 of the criterion variables in nonclinical samples (age range: 18-80 years). Data were analyzed on the basis of 152 independent samples, representing the testing of 33,224 adults across 18 cultural regions. Results revealed moderately strong relationships for external LOC with depression symptoms (k = 123, N = 28,490, r = .30, 95% confidence interval [CI] [.27, .32]) and anxiety symptoms (k = 65, N = 13,208, r = .30, 95% CI [.27, .33]). Individualism explained 20% of unique variance only in the external LOC-anxiety relationship: The link between external LOC and anxiety symptoms was weaker for collectivist societies (k = 8, N = 2,297, r = .20, 95% CI [.13, .28]) compared with individualist societies (k = 54, N = 9,887, r = .32, 95% CI [.29, .34]). Such cultural differences were attributed to the reduced emphasis on agentic goals in more collectivist societies. It is noteworthy that external LOC does not carry the same negative connotations across cultures, and members of collectivist societies may be more ready to endorse such items. Culture has been examined at the country level, and the findings may not be applicable to any particular person in a cultural region. Implications for integrating cultural meaning of perceived control into formulation of theories, research design, and intervention programs are discussed.

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“…The WCC [ 12 , 13 ] has been translated into French in several versions: by Vitaliano (42 items) [ 32 ] and, based on this first translation, one by Schweizer and Paulhan (29 items) [ 29 ] and one by Bruchon-Schweitzer (27 items) [ 33 ]. We decided to use this last one [ 33 ], validated in 2010 in cancer patients by Cousson-Gélie et al [ 34 ] despite a reduced set of 27 items. In the French 27-item version, the 2 main dimensions have been confirmed, characterizing either the focus on the problem (10 items) or the focus on emotions (9 items).…”

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BRACAVENIR - impact of a psychoeducational intervention on expectations and coping in young women (aged 18–30 years) exposed to a high familial breast/ovarian cancer risk: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Kwiatkowski

Dessenne

Laquet

et al. 2016

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BackgroundYoung women exposed to a high hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) risk are particularly vulnerable. They are ignored by health prevention measures but exposed to a stream of contradictory information (medicine, media, Internet). They may feel concerned about surgical prevention issues at a key moment of their identity construction (self, relationship, sexuality). We designed a special psychoeducational intervention to help these women cope better with these difficulties.Methods/designThe BRACAVENIR study consists of a prospective, randomized superiority phase II trial with a wait list control group. Participants are childless young female counselees (aged 18–30 years) seen at the oncogenetics department of the Centre Jean Perrin and belonging to HBOC families either with or without BRCA mutations. They will be invited to attend a weekend group session at a spa resort and to participate in short expert conferences and focus group activities (group sharing, Moreno role game) supervised by a psychotherapist. Two sessions separated by a 6-month delay (wait list) will enable us to evaluate the intervention’s effect by comparing questionnaire scores between the 6-month time points. The main endpoint is an increase of the Herth Hope Index by at least 1 SD. Secondary endpoints are self-esteem, anxiety trait, anxiety state, coping, and quality of life. With a one-sided α = 0.05 and β = 0.20, 12 participants will be needed by group, plus an additional 2 in anticipation of dropouts. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to the first or the second session so that the groups will be comparable.DiscussionThe intent of this trial is to bridge the gap on a psychosocial level in these young women with HBOC. A particularity of the design is the use of a waiting list, which should allow for avoiding major bias. The intervention consists of a short session that could be proposed to other young counselees if successful. The results may bring complementary information to facilitate the intervention and also influence the contents of the oncogenetic consultation.Trial registrationEthics committee CPP SUD-EST-6: IRB00008526. Registered on 18 March 2016.ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02705924. Registered on 2 March 2016.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13063-016-1642-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The Ways of Coping Checklist (WCC)

Cited by 34 publications

References 40 publications

Breast cancer and coping among women of color: a systematic review of the literature

Breast cancer and coping among women of color: a systematic review of the literature

Cultural meaning of perceived control: A meta-analysis of locus of control and psychological symptoms across 18 cultural regions.

BRACAVENIR - impact of a psychoeducational intervention on expectations and coping in young women (aged 18–30 years) exposed to a high familial breast/ovarian cancer risk: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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