Can self-esteem, mastery and perceived stigma predict long-term adjustment in women carrying a BRCA1/2-mutation? Evidence from a multi-center study

Familial Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-311

  Vodermaier, Andrea ^a   Esplen, Mary Jane ^b,c   Maheu, Christine ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BRCA1 2 carrier; Breast cancer; Cancer specific anxiety; Intrusive thoughts; Mastery; Personal control; Self esteem; Stigma

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF ESTEEM; STIGMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650195252     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-010-9325-x     Document Type: Article

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