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Andersen, Barbara L.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1989
Studied 65 women treated for early cancer, 22 women treated for benign disease, and 60 healthy women. Findings revealed that subjects with life-threatening diagnoses reacted with transitory depression, anxiety, and confusion. Cancer patients retained employment, significantly reducing working hours during recovery. Found no evidence for higher…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cancer, Females, Psychological Patterns
Manne, Sharon L.; Winkel, Gary; Rubin, Stephen; Edelson, Mitchell; Rosenblum, Norman; Bergman, Cynthia; Hernandez, Enrique; Carlson, John; Rocereto, Thomas – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
The authors evaluated mechanisms of change for a coping and communication-enhancing intervention (CCI) and supportive counseling (SC). They proposed that the effects of CCI on depressive symptoms would be mediated by psychological processes targeted by CCI, namely increases in the following: positive reappraisal, acceptance, planful problem…
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Cancer, Problem Solving
Lane, Lisbeth G.; Viney, Linda L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
In this study, the authors evaluated the effects of a brief personal construct group therapy on breast cancer survivors (N = 42) randomly assigned to either the treatment or wait-list control condition. The Gottschalk Gleser Content Analysis Scales were used to measure the effects for group across time (preand posttreatment, pretreatment, and…
Descriptors: Group Therapy, Cancer, Counseling Techniques, Females

Lewis, Marc S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Psychological tests were administered to a crisis group undergoing surgery for cancer and to a comparison group on the night before surgery and thereafter at three-week intervals. Results indicated significant psychological changes only in the crisis group. Duration of crisis was greater than six weeks but less than seven months. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cancer, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
Kangas, Maria; Henry, Jane L.; Bryant, Richard A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
In this study, the authors investigated the relationship between autobiographical memory and the onset and maintenance of distressing memories following cancer. In Study 1, participants recently diagnosed with head, neck, or lung cancer were assessed for acute stress disorder (ASD). Participants with ASD reported fewer specific memories than did…
Descriptors: Memory, Cancer, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Recall (Psychology)

Dattore, Patrick J.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores yielded significant discriminations between cancer and noncancer groups. The group with cancer was significantly separated from the noncancer group on the basis of lower scores on Byrne's Repression-Sensitization scale (greater repression) and on the Depression scale of the MMPI (less…
Descriptors: Cancer, Depression (Psychology), Males, Patients
Manne, Sharon; Sherman, Marne; Ross, Stephanie; Ostroff, Jamie; Heyman, Richard E.; Fox, Kevin – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
This study examined associations between couple communication about cancer and psychological distress and relationship satisfaction of women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. One hundred forty-eight couples completed a videotaped discussion of a cancer-related issue and a general issue. Patients completed measures of psychological distress…
Descriptors: Females, Cancer, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Satisfaction
Quartana, Phillip J.; Schmaus, Brian J.; Zakowski, Sandra G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
The authors prospectively tested the hypothesis that emotional expressivity would moderate the predictive relationship between patient neuroticism and spousal constraints among 120 individuals with cancer. The authors also examined whether patient gender further moderated the hypothesized relationships. After we controlled for Time 1 constraints,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology), Affective Behavior, Spouses
Scott, Jennifer L.; Halford, W. Kim; Ward, Bruce G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
Cancer diagnosis affects the psychological well-being of both patients and their partners, and effective coping has been suggested to be a conjoint process of mutual support. Ninety-four married women with early stage cancer and their partners were randomly assigned to couples-based coping training (CanCOPE), individual coping training for the…
Descriptors: Surgery, Patients, Sexuality, Psychological Patterns

Sobel, Harry J.; Worden, J. William – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Examined utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) as a longitudinal predictor of psychosocial adaptation to cancer. A post hoc discriminant analysis revealed that 75% of all patients could have been correctly classified into a high-distressed v a low-distressed cancer patient group using only the MMPI. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cancer, Measurement Techniques, Patients
Jacobsen, Paul B.; Andrykowski, Michael A.; Thors, Christina L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
This study examined the relationship of catastrophizing to fatigue in 80 women receiving chemotherapy (CT) or radiotherapy (RT) for treatment of early stage breast cancer. Findings revealed expected relationships between catastrophizing and fatigue among women receiving RT but not CT. Among RT patients, those high in catastrophizing reported…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Patients, Females, Cancer
Sahler, Olle Jane Z.; Fairclough, Diane L.; Phipps, Sean; Mulhern, Raymond K.; Dolgin, Michael J.; Noll, Robert B.; Katz, Ernest R.; Varni, James W.; Copeland, Donna R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Mothers of children with cancer experience significant distress associated with their children's diagnosis and treatment. The efficacy of problem-solving skills training (PSST), a cognitive-behavioral intervention based on problem-solving therapy, was assessed among 430 English- and Spanish-speaking mothers of recently diagnosed patients.…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cancer, Mothers, Affective Behavior
Wimberly, Sarah R.; Carver, Charles S.; Laurenceau, Jean-Philippe; Harris, Suzanne D.; Antoni, Michael H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Two studies examined breast cancer patients' perceptions of their partners' reactions to their diagnosis and treatment as influences on 3 aspects of patients' well-being: psychosexual adjustment, emotional distress, and marital satisfaction. Study 1, cross-sectional, indicated that partner initiation of sex, frequency of sex, a positive 1st sexual…
Descriptors: Surgery, Patients, Cancer, Marital Satisfaction
Lechner, Suzanne C.; Carver, Charles S.; Antoni, Michael H.; Weaver, Kathryn E.; Phillips, Kristin M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Two previously studied cohorts of women with nonmetastatic breast cancer (Ns = 230 and 136) were reexamined. Participants were assessed during the year after surgery and 5-8 years later. Associations were examined between benefit finding (BF) and several indicators of psychosocial adjustment (e.g., perceived quality of life, positive affect,…
Descriptors: Cancer, Females, Surgery, Comparative Analysis
Tomich, Patricia L.; Helgeson, Vicki S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Relations of the components of cognitive adaptation theory (self-esteem, optimism, control) to quality of life and benefit finding were examined for 70 women (91% Caucasian) diagnosed with Stage I, II, or III breast cancer over 5 years ago. Half of these women experienced a recurrence within the 5 years; the other half remained disease free. Women…
Descriptors: Cancer, Self Esteem, Self Control, Quality of Life
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