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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 anxiety

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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

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publishedVersion

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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
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    De Feudis, Rossana
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Lanciano, Tiziana
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Rinaldi, Stefano
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T09:59:23Z
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    2018-11-21T09:59:23Z
  • Date of first publication
    2015-05-29
  • 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.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    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
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/950
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1142
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i2.908
  • Keyword(s)
    breast cancer
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  • Keyword(s)
    breast surgery
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  • Keyword(s)
    coping
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  • Keyword(s)
    psychological distress
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  • Keyword(s)
    depression
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  • Keyword(s)
    anxiety
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Coping strategies of Southern Italian women predict distress following breast cancer surgery
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    280–294
  • Volume
    11
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