Meaning-making intervention during breast or colorectal cancer treatment improves self-esteem, optimism, and self-efficacy

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3133-3145

  Lee, Virginia ^a,b   Robin Cohen, S ^b,c   Edgar, Linda ^d   Laizner, Andrea M ^b,e   Gagnon, Anita J ^b,e  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cancer; Coping; Meaning; Psychological adjustment; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OPTIMISM; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUEBEC; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33646135786     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.041     Document Type: Article

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