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Variables related to stress‐related growth among Turkish breast cancer patients
Author(s) -
Karanci Ayşe Nuray,
Erkam Asli
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
stress and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1532-2998
pISSN - 1532-3005
DOI - 10.1002/smi.1154
Subject(s) - turkish , breast cancer , coping (psychology) , psychology , clinical psychology , social support , oncology , medicine , cancer , social psychology , philosophy , linguistics
The present study aimed to examine the validation of the use of the stress‐related growth scale and the variables related to stress‐related growth among Turkish breast cancer patients. Participants were 90 breast cancer patients. Consistent with the literature, results revealed that both social support and problem‐solving coping strategies related to higher levels of stress‐related growth. Furthermore, income level of the participants and depression scores were also found to be associated with stress‐related growth. From these variables, social support and problem‐solving coping were found to be positively associated with stress‐related growth whereas income level and depression scores were found to be negatively associated with stress‐related growth. These findings were discussed in the light of relevant literature. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.