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- This study investigates how perceived cognitive and physical threats after a cancer diagnosis affect posttraumatic growth (PTG) in survivors of breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer.
- Questionnaires completed by 169 cancer survivors revealed that factors like depression, anxiety, and perceived threat explained a significant portion of positive cognitive processing and PTG.
- The findings indicate that positive cognitive processing acts as a mediator, suggesting that helping survivors manage their perceptions of threat could enhance their PTG.
Article Abstract
This study examines the relation between perceived cognitive and physical threat after a cancer diagnosis and posttraumatic growth (PTG). In total, 169 breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors completed questionnaires. Hierarchical regression models found after controlling for demographic and medical variables, depression, anxiety, and perceived threat account for 41.8% of the variance of positive cognitive processing, and these variables along with positive cognitive processing accounted for 42.7% of the variance of PTG. Positive cognitive processing mediated the pathways between perceived physical threat and PTG. Cognitive processing appears to play a key role in the emergence of PTG following cancer. By exploring survivors' cognitions and perceived threat, psychosocial providers may help cancer survivors cultivate PTG.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2017.1320347 | DOI Listing |
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