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Posttraumatic growth among cancer patients in India

Auteurs: Avinash Thombre, Allen C. Sherman, Stephanie Simonton

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Uitgave 1/2010

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Abstract

Cancer patients sometimes report positive life changes in addition to more harrowing ones. Theoretically, several cognitive processes are thought to contribute to posttraumatic growth, but few studies have examined these relationships empirically among cancer patients. Moreover, most research has been conducted in western developed countries. This preliminary study offered a novel examination of posttraumatic growth and its cognitive correlates among cancer patients in western India. As hypothesized, in bivariate analyses perceived growth was significantly associated with greater meaning-focused coping (sense-making, benefit-finding), and with reappraisal of worldviews. Growth was not related to subjective appraisals regarding illness threat or stressfulness. In multivariate analyses, reappraisal of worldviews was the strongest concurrent predictor of posttraumatic growth. Results suggest that deliberative cognitive processes merit further study.
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Regression analyses were repeated after excluding the few patients with recurrent disease, in order to evaluate effects in a more homogenous sample; findings were unchanged. Analyses were also repeated controlling for radiotherapy, which had been marginally associated with PTGI scores in bivariate analyses; again, results were the same.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Posttraumatic growth among cancer patients in India
Auteurs
Avinash Thombre
Allen C. Sherman
Stephanie Simonton
Publicatiedatum
01-02-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Uitgave 1/2010
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-009-9229-0