Perceived social support has shown to be key to adjustment along the cancer trajectory, but results remain contradictory about the disclosure of the experience of the illness (social sharing) and may
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Perceived social support has shown to be key to adjustment along the cancer trajectory, but results remain contradictory about the disclosure of the experience of the illness (social sharing) and may reflect the importance of patients chara
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- Relationships between psychosocial factors and health behavior change in cancer survivors: An integrative review (2007) · doi
Although findings are inconsistent, social support appears to be helpful in making adaptive changes, particularly in exercise; internal locus of control facilitates positive health behavior changes but may depend on survivors' perceptions of links between behaviors and cancer or recurrence, and cancer-related distress may facilitate adaptive changes although more general distress may impede them.
Keywords: changes adaptive cancer distress inconsistent social support appears helpful making particularly exercise internal locus control - How Social Sharing and Social Support Explain Distress in Breast Cancer After Surgery: The Role of Alexithymia (2012) · doi
Perceived social support has shown to be key to adjustment along the cancer trajectory, but results remain contradictory about the disclosure of the experience of the illness (social sharing) and may reflect the importance of patients characteristics.
Keywords: social perceived support adjustment along cancer trajectory remain contradictory disclosure experience illness sharing reflect importance - Structural and Reliability Analysis of Quality of Relationship Index in Cancer Patients (2013) · doi
Among psychosocial factors affecting emotional adjustment and quality of life, social support is one of the most important and widely studied in cancer patients, but little is known about the perception of support in specific significant relationships in patients with cancer.
Keywords: support cancer patients among psychosocial factors affecting emotional adjustment quality life social important widely studied
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