Authors: Paek MinSo Ip Edward H Levine Beverly Avis Nancy E
Publish Date: 2016/10/01
Volume: 50, Issue: 5, Pages: 775-783
Abstract
MinSo Paek Edward H Ip Beverly Levine Nancy E Avis Longitudinal Reciprocal Relationships Between Quality of Life and Coping Strategies Among Women with Breast Cancer Annals of Behavioral Medicine Volume 50 Issue 5 October 2016 Pages 775–783 https//doiorg/101007/s121600169803yResearch on quality of life QoL among women with breast cancer has often examined the impact of coping strategies on QoL However the transactional model of stress and coping would argue that QoL can impact coping This reciprocal relationship between QoL and coping has been inadequately studiedSEM results revealed a significant reciprocal relationship between negative coping and QoL indicating that negative coping predicted subsequent QoL which in turn predicted later negative coping Although QoL at cancer diagnosis predicted subsequent positive coping we did not find a reciprocal relation between QoL and positive coping
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