TY - JOUR
T1 - The need for friendships and information
T2 - Dimensions of social support and posttraumatic growth among women with breast cancer
AU - Hasson-Ohayon, Ilanit
AU - Tuval-Mashiach, Rivka
AU - Goldzweig, Gil
AU - Levi, Rienat
AU - Pizem, Noam
AU - Kaufman, Bela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Cambridge University Press 2015.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - Objective: Employing a cross-sectional design, the current study examined the relationships between various agents and types of support and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among women with breast cancer. Method: Eighty married women who were coping with breast cancer completed social support and PTG questionnaires. Results: All agents of social support (family, friends, belief-based), excluding spousal support, and all types of social support were found to be related to the various PTG dimensions and its total score. Regression analyses revealed that, among the agents of support, only support provided from friends and belief-based support uniquely contribute to prediction of total PTG score. While examining the contribution of various types of support, only cognitive support had a unique contribution to prediction of total PTG score. Significance of results: Various agents and types of support play different roles in the PTG process following breast cancer. Accordingly, friends as an agent of support and information as a type of support seem to be most important in enhancing PTG among women with breast cancer.
AB - Objective: Employing a cross-sectional design, the current study examined the relationships between various agents and types of support and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among women with breast cancer. Method: Eighty married women who were coping with breast cancer completed social support and PTG questionnaires. Results: All agents of social support (family, friends, belief-based), excluding spousal support, and all types of social support were found to be related to the various PTG dimensions and its total score. Regression analyses revealed that, among the agents of support, only support provided from friends and belief-based support uniquely contribute to prediction of total PTG score. While examining the contribution of various types of support, only cognitive support had a unique contribution to prediction of total PTG score. Significance of results: Various agents and types of support play different roles in the PTG process following breast cancer. Accordingly, friends as an agent of support and information as a type of support seem to be most important in enhancing PTG among women with breast cancer.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Posttraumatic growth (PTG)
KW - Social support
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84943759095&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/s1478951515001042
DO - 10.1017/s1478951515001042
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C2 - 26462622
AN - SCOPUS:84943759095
SN - 1478-9515
VL - 14
SP - 387
EP - 392
JO - Palliative and Supportive Care
JF - Palliative and Supportive Care
IS - 4
ER -
