Cognitive Adaptation Theory and Breast Cancer Recurrence: Are There Limits?

Autor/inn/en	Tomich, Patricia L.; Helgeson, Vicki S.
Titel	Cognitive Adaptation Theory and Breast Cancer Recurrence: Are There Limits?
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74 (2006) 5, S.980-987 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
Schlagwörter	Cancer; Self Esteem; Self Control; Quality of Life; Whites; Females; Clinical Diagnosis; Adjustment (to Environment); Cognitive Processes; Psychological Patterns; Longitudinal Studies; Physical Health; Mental Health; Coping; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Selbstbeherrschung; Lebensqualität; White; Weißer; Weibliches Geschlecht; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Gesundheitszustand; Psychohygiene; Bewältigung
Abstract	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 were matched on age, race, stage of disease, and intervention condition. Baseline perceptions of personal control over illness, but not general self-esteem or optimism, were associated with women's reports of worse physical functioning, worse mental functioning, and less benefit finding 5 years later for recurrent women but not disease-free women. These findings highlight the notion that there may be boundary conditions on the adaptiveness of perceived control. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10