Enhanced Benefit Finding in Women with Early StageBre Cancer: The Mediational Role of Skill Building and SocialFunctioning

Enhanced Benefit Finding in Women with Early StageBre Cancer: The Mediational Role of Skill Building and SocialFunctioning
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80
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3639074718
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World Scientific Publishing Company
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Академическая литература издательств Америки

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A growing body of literature points to positivecontributions made by the cancer experience (benefitfinding), such as an improvement in personalresources and skills, an enhanced sense of purpose, apositive adjustment in life priorities, and closerrelationships. This study explored multiple aspectsof the relationships between intrapersonal andinterpersonal coping skills reported afterparticipating in a group-based cognitive-behavioralstress management intervention or a one-day seminar,levels of social functioning reported at 3- and9-month follow-ups. and reports of benefit findingmeasured at 3- and 9-month follow-ups. Participants,136 women newly treated for stage 0-II breast cancer,were randomized to either the intervention or thecontrol group, and were initially assessedapproximately 4-8 weeks after breast cancer surgery(T1), then at the end of the intervention (T2), thenat 3-month follow-up (T3), and again after a 9-monthfollow-up (T4). Skill building was operationalized asthe...

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