Cognitive Mechanisms in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients and Survivors: Feasibility and Preliminary Insights from the Cognitions and Affect in Cancer Resiliency Study | Zendy

Urška Košir | Zendy; Milan Wiedemann | Zendy; Jennifer Wild | Zendy; Lucy Bowes | Zendy

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Cognitive Mechanisms in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients and Survivors: Feasibility and Preliminary Insights from the Cognitions and Affect in Cancer Resiliency Study

Author(s) -

Urška Košir,

Milan Wiedemann,

Jennifer Wild,

Lucy Bowes

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of adolescent and young adult oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2156-535X

pISSN - 2156-5333

DOI - 10.1089/jayao.2019.0127

Subject(s) - worry , rumination , psychosocial , anxiety , clinical psychology , affect (linguistics) , cognition , young adult , psychological intervention , medicine , psychology , mental health , psychiatry , gerontology , communication

This cross sectional pilot study assesses the feasibility of conducting online research into cognitive mechanisms in adolescent and young adult cancer populations. Twenty-one participants, aged 18-39 years, answered questionnaires about mental defeat, rumination, cancer worry, anxiety, and experience participating in such research. Seven participants scored in the clinical range for anxiety. Cancer-related worry was common. Rumination and mental defeat were positively associated with anxiety. The participants reported the length and type of questions to be appropriate and not distressing. Findings may inform future research into cognitive mechanisms, which could aid the development of psychosocial interventions for young cancer patients.

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