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Health Psychol ; 20(1): 20-32, 2001 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11199062

ABSTRACT

The authors tested effects of a 10-week group cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention among 100 women newly treated for Stage 0-II breast cancer. The intervention reduced prevalence of moderate depression (which remained relatively stable in the control condition) but did not affect other measures of emotional distress. The intervention also increased participants' reports that having breast cancer had made positive contributions to their lives, and it increased generalized optimism. Both remained significantly elevated at a 3-month follow-up of the intervention. Further analysis revealed that the intervention had its greatest impact on these 2 variables among women who were lowest in optimism at baseline. Discussion centers on the importance of examining positive responses to traumatic events--growth, appreciation of life, shift in priorities, and positive affect-as well as negative responses.


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Behavior Therapy , Breast Neoplasms/psychology , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy , Depressive Disorder/prevention & control , Adult , Aged , Breast Neoplasms/complications , Breast Neoplasms/therapy , Depressive Disorder/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Life Change Events , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Stress, Psychological
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J Health Psychol ; 4(3): 343-56, 1999 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22021602

ABSTRACT

Religious involvement was measured in a sample of 49 lower socio-economic status Hispanic women who were newly diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. Religious coping and emotional distress were assessed at pre-surgery, post-surgery, and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups. Among Catholic women, greater religiosity tended to be associated with more distress throughout the year; among Evangelical women, in contrast, greater religiosity tended to be associated with less distress throughout the year. These correlations were significantly different at two measurement points. Similarly, religious coping tended to have divergent effects in the two groups. Among Catholics, church attendance at 6 months predicted greater distress at 12 months; among Evangelical women, obtaining emotional support from church members at 6 months predicted less distress at 12 months. These various differences are interpreted in terms of differences in the ideologies of the two religious groups.

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