Carver, C. S., & Antoni, M. H. (2004). Finding benefit in breast cancer during the year after diagnosis predicts better adjustment 5 to 8 years after diagnosis. Health Psychology, 26, 595-598.
Cancer patients experience positive as well as adverse consequences
from diagnosis and treatment. The study reported here examined
longer-term reverberations of such experiences. A set of benefit
finding items was completed by 230 early-stage breast cancer patients
in the year post-surgery, along with measures of well-being. Four to 7
years later, 96 of them again completed measures of well-being.
Controlling for initial distress and depression, initial benefit
finding in this sample predicted lower distress and depression at
follow-up.
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