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- Title
The Association of Perceived Partner-related Social Support with Self-reported Outcomes in Women Post-mastectomy.
- Authors
Kudel, Ian; Edwards, Robert; Raja, Srinivasa; Haythornthwaite, Jennifer; Heinberg, Leslie J .
- Abstract
Marital satisfaction is an important indicator of adaptation in patients with cancer; however, its relationship to medium-to-long-term health-related outcomes is less well understood. Married women (N = 152) at least six months post-mastectomy were surveyed to determine whether marital satisfaction predicted nonweight- related body image distress (BID), pain impact, and mood, or whether the directionality of this association operated in reverse. Structural equation modeling indicated that the model predicting medium-to-long-term health-related outcomes from satisfaction better fit the data and that time influences mood.
- Subjects
MARITAL satisfaction; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); CANCER patients; BREAST surgery; MARRIED women; MOOD (Psychology); SOCIAL support; MARRIED people
- Publication
Journal of Health Psychology, 2008, Vol 13, Issue 8, p1030
- ISSN
1359-1053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1359105308097968