The present study used structural equation modeling to examine the relationships among
disease stage (ie Stage II versus Stage IV), age, coping style, and psychological adjustment …

Objectives This study examined the relationship between coping and psychosocial
adaptation in cancer patients over time and across distinct clinical events. Methods In a …

Breast cancer is a process that has a profound psychological impact on one in nine
American women and their families. Despite pervasive depression in women during breast …

This study examined possible predictors of adjustment to breast cancer. Sixty‐one women
participated soon after they were diagnosed with Stage I or Stage II breast cancer. Measures …

Sixty-seven women treated for breast cancer completed a battery of psychological tests to
examine which psychological variables contributed most to several indexes of adjustment …

In many women, the diagnosis of breast cancer leads to psychosocial adjustment problems.
Biodemographic variables, coping, and social support are factors that influence …

This article reports a replication of an earlier study of how women cope with and adjust to
breast cancer. Forty-nine women with breast cancer completed self-administered …

The social-cognitive processing model suggests that a socially constrained environment
may impede adjustment to a chronic illness. The present study primarily investigated the …

The validity and reliability of two factor structures of the Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC)
scale for assessing coping style was assessed by examining the relationship between the …

The relationship between coping responses and psychological adjustment to a breast
cancer diagnosis is well documented for time periods close to diagnosis. The purpose of the …