01934nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001800118653002300136653002200159653002100181653003900202653001500241653001500256653001100271100001600282700001900298700001600317700002200333245007500355300001200430490000700442520117900449022001401628020001401642       2008                            d  c01/2008bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10abreast cancer10afollow-up protocol10aCoping strategies10aemotional status10apsychosocial adaptation to divorce10aadjustment10adependency10aStress1 aM. C. Neipp1 aS. López-Roig1 aM. C. Terol1 aM. A. Pastor Mira00aCoping and adaptation in breast cancer patients at the follow-up stage  a115-1260 v143 aSeveral cancer studies have shown that some coping strategies are associated with better psychosocial adjustment and emotional status. The aim of this study was to determine the coping strategies used by women with breast cancer in the follow up phase and to assess the relationships between coping strategies and psychosocial adaptation. Sixty nine women with breast cancer were interviewed attending a standard follow-up protocol in the oncology outpatient unit. Three questionnaires were used to measure coping and adaptation to illness: Coping Strategies Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale, Cluster analysis identified three clusters with different coping strategies. Findings showed that women belonging to the high cognitive approach coping cluster were significantly better adjusted than women in the remaining clusters. Blaming ethers and self blame were less frequently used by women, albeit having the strongest negative relationships with same psychosocial adaptation areas. Professionals  efforts of should be aimed at enhancing a cognitive coping approach and reducing women s blame for having cancer.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437