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  • Benefit finding after cancer: The role of optimism, intrusive thinking and social environment

    Author
    Dunn, Jeffrey
    Occhipinti, Stefano
    Campbell, Alistair
    Ferguson, Megan
    Chambers, Suzanne
    Year published
    2011
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    PURPOSE: Benefit finding after cancer is common. The mechanism for this may include cognitive processing of the cancer trauma within a supportive social context. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey of 439 cancer patients assessing optimism, intrusion, avoidance, social support and constraints, anxiety, depression, QOL, benefit finding. RESULTS: Benefit finding was predicted by female gender, greater optimism, high intrusive thinking, high social support and constraints. CONCLUSIONS: The role of social constraints in the generation of benefit finding is unclear. Future research should assess how the specific nature of intrusive ...
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    PURPOSE: Benefit finding after cancer is common. The mechanism for this may include cognitive processing of the cancer trauma within a supportive social context. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey of 439 cancer patients assessing optimism, intrusion, avoidance, social support and constraints, anxiety, depression, QOL, benefit finding. RESULTS: Benefit finding was predicted by female gender, greater optimism, high intrusive thinking, high social support and constraints. CONCLUSIONS: The role of social constraints in the generation of benefit finding is unclear. Future research should assess how the specific nature of intrusive thoughts may influence benefit finding over time and how social environment interacts with this.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Health Psychology
    Volume
    16
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105310371555
    Subject
    Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/39703
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