01273nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002000118653001800138653001100156653000900167100002500176700002700201245009100228300001200319490000600331520070200337022001401039020001401053       1998                            d  c07/1998bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aPsycho-oncology10abreast cancer10aCoping10aCOPE1 aM.E. Olivares Crespo1 aJ.A. Cruzado Rodriguez00aDifferences in coping strategies among breast cancer patients and women without cancer  a253-2790 v43 aIt is presented a research about differences on coping strategies among breast cancer patients and women whithout cancer. It is applied a cuasi-prospective design. The sample was formed by 212 women, all were assessed by the COPE (Carver Scheier y Weintraub, 1989) before the diagnosis. The outcomes showed the more frequently use of the social support and evitative strategies by the breast cancer patients. The patients whitout cancer showed more common use of the supression of distraction activities. This results were standing when the differences on pathological stages and the age effect are statistically controlled.. It is exposed the outcome interpretation and the clinical implications.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437