Optimism, social support and psychosocial functioning among women with breast cancer

Personality, psychosocial, demographic and medical variables have been identified as correlates of adjustment to breast cancer and quality of life (QoL). Most studies have examined relationships between personality, social support and adjustment to cancer in predominantly middle‐class Caucasian samp...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) England), 2006-07, Vol.15 (7), p.595-603
Hauptverfasser: Friedman, Lois C., Kalidas, Mamta, Elledge, Richard, Chang, Jenny, Romero, Catherine, Husain, Inna, Dulay, Mario F., Liscum, Kathleen R.
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Zusammenfassung:Personality, psychosocial, demographic and medical variables have been identified as correlates of adjustment to breast cancer and quality of life (QoL). Most studies have examined relationships between personality, social support and adjustment to cancer in predominantly middle‐class Caucasian samples, thus limiting the generalizability of their findings. Eighty‐one female outpatients at a medical oncology breast clinic in a county general hospital serving primarily indigent Hispanic and African‐American patients completed measures assessing demographic and medical information, health‐related QoL, cancer‐specific distress, mood disturbance, dispositional optimism and satisfaction with social support. Older age, receipt of treatment and greater optimism accounted for 41% of the variance in emotional well‐being (p
ISSN:1057-9249
1099-1611
DOI:10.1002/pon.992