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- Title
Personal control after a breast cancer diagnosis: stability and adaptive value.
- Authors
Henselmans, Inge; Sanderman, Robbert; Baas, Peter C.; Smink, Ans; Ranchor, Adelita V.
- Abstract
Objective: This longitudinal study aims to gain more insight in both the changes in personal control due to a breast cancer diagnosis, as well as in the stress-buffering effect of personal control. Methods: Personal control and distress were assessed in breast cancer patients not treated with chemotherapy (n=47), breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy (n=32) and in healthy women (n=58) at 3, 9 and 15 months after diagnosis. Results: Results indicate that personal control was affected only in patients treated with chemotherapy, particularly right after the completion of treatment. Furthermore, the cross-sectional and longitudinal results provide modest support for the stress-buffering potential of control. Conclusions: The findings and future directions of research on the role of personal control in the adjustment to cancer will be discussed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
BREAST cancer research; DIAGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS; CANCER treatment; DRUGS
- Publication
Psycho-Oncology, 2009, Vol 18, Issue 1, p104
- ISSN
1057-9249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pon.1333