TY - JOUR
KW - Psycho-oncology
KW - breast cancer
KW - Coping
KW - COPE
AU - M.E. Olivares Crespo
AU - J.A. Cruzado Rodriguez
AB - It 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.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal Article
N2 - It 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.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 1998
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 253
EP - 279
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Differences in coping strategies among breast cancer patients and women without cancer
VL - 4
ER -