Coping strategies of Southern Italian women predict distress following breast cancer surgery
Author(s) / Creator(s)
De Feudis, Rossana
Lanciano, Tiziana
Rinaldi, Stefano
Abstract / Description
The present study was aimed at investigating the role of coping strategies in predicting emotional distress following breast cancer, over and above the illness severity, operationalized in terms of the type of surgery performed. In order to achieve this goal, two groups of newly diagnosed breast cancer women were selected and compared on the basis of the type of surgical treatment received. A subsample of 30 women with quadrantectomy and sentinel lymph-node biopsy (SLNB) and a subsample of 31 patients with mastectomy and axillary dissection (MAD) filled in the Brief Cope scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Summarizing, results showed that emotional support, venting, and humor explained a statistically significant increment of variance in psychological distress indices. Implication for clinical practice and future research were discussed.
Keyword(s)
breast cancer breast surgery coping psychological distress depression anxietyPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2015-05-29
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
11
Issue
2
Page numbers
280–294
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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De Feudis, R., Lanciano, T., & Rinaldi, S. (2015). Coping strategies of Southern Italian women predict distress following breast cancer surgery. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(2), 280–294. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i2.908
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Author(s) / Creator(s)De Feudis, Rossana
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lanciano, Tiziana
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Rinaldi, Stefano
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Date of first publication2015-05-29
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Abstract / DescriptionThe present study was aimed at investigating the role of coping strategies in predicting emotional distress following breast cancer, over and above the illness severity, operationalized in terms of the type of surgery performed. In order to achieve this goal, two groups of newly diagnosed breast cancer women were selected and compared on the basis of the type of surgical treatment received. A subsample of 30 women with quadrantectomy and sentinel lymph-node biopsy (SLNB) and a subsample of 31 patients with mastectomy and axillary dissection (MAD) filled in the Brief Cope scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Summarizing, results showed that emotional support, venting, and humor explained a statistically significant increment of variance in psychological distress indices. Implication for clinical practice and future research were discussed.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationDe Feudis, R., Lanciano, T., & Rinaldi, S. (2015). Coping strategies of Southern Italian women predict distress following breast cancer surgery. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(2), 280–294. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i2.908
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/950
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1142
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i2.908
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Keyword(s)breast canceren_US
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Keyword(s)breast surgeryen_US
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Keyword(s)copingen_US
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Keyword(s)psychological distressen_US
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Keyword(s)depressionen_US
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Keyword(s)anxietyen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleCoping strategies of Southern Italian women predict distress following breast cancer surgeryen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers280–294
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Volume11
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