Coping Strategies of Southern Italian Women Predict Distress Following Breast Cancer Surgery

Coping Strategies of Southern Italian Women Predict Distress Following Breast Cancer Surgery

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 can...

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Main Authors: Rossana De Feudis, Tiziana Lanciano, Stefano Rinaldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2015-05-01
Series:Europe's Journal of Psychology
Subjects:
breast cancer
breast surgery
coping
psychological distress
depression
anxiety
Online Access:http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/908

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