TY - JOUR
T1 - Resilience and Psychosocial Adjustment in Digestive System Cancer
AU - Gouzman, Julia
AU - Cohen, Miri
AU - Ben-Zur, Hasida
AU - Shacham-Shmueli, Einat
AU - Aderka, Dan
AU - Siegelmann-Danieli, Nava
AU - Beny, Alex
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/3
Y1 - 2015/3
N2 - The study aims to investigate the contributions of resilience, affective reactions and post traumatic growth (PTG) to psychosocial adjustment and behavioral changes among digestive system cancer patients in Israel. A sample of 200 participants, 57.5 % men (from the 46 to 70-year age range), 1–4 years following diagnosis, completed an inventory assessing demographic and medical information, resilience, current positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA), PTG, psychosocial adjustment and retrospective report of behavioral changes following cancer treatment. Resilience, PA and NA, and PTG were related to adjustment and/or reported behavioral changes, and PA, NA and PTG mediated some of the effects of resilience on adjustment and/or reported behavioral changes. The data underline the importance of resilience, affect, and PTG in the adjustment of digestive system cancer patients. Future studies are needed to better understand the associations of resilience with psychosocial adjustment and behavioral changes. This knowledge may help improve cancer survivors’ adjustment.
AB - The study aims to investigate the contributions of resilience, affective reactions and post traumatic growth (PTG) to psychosocial adjustment and behavioral changes among digestive system cancer patients in Israel. A sample of 200 participants, 57.5 % men (from the 46 to 70-year age range), 1–4 years following diagnosis, completed an inventory assessing demographic and medical information, resilience, current positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA), PTG, psychosocial adjustment and retrospective report of behavioral changes following cancer treatment. Resilience, PA and NA, and PTG were related to adjustment and/or reported behavioral changes, and PA, NA and PTG mediated some of the effects of resilience on adjustment and/or reported behavioral changes. The data underline the importance of resilience, affect, and PTG in the adjustment of digestive system cancer patients. Future studies are needed to better understand the associations of resilience with psychosocial adjustment and behavioral changes. This knowledge may help improve cancer survivors’ adjustment.
KW - Adjustment
KW - Affective reactions
KW - Behavioral changes
KW - PTG
KW - Resilience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84925512293&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10880-015-9416-9
DO - 10.1007/s10880-015-9416-9
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C2 - 25605269
AN - SCOPUS:84925512293
SN - 1068-9583
VL - 22
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
IS - 1
ER -
