Long term posttraumatic growth after breast cancer: prevalence, predictors and relationships with psychological health
Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Adult; Prevalence; Attitude to Health; Follow-Up Studies; Aged; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Adaptation; Psychological; retrospective studies; Post-Traumatic/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology; Stress Disorders; Disease-Free Survival; Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology/psychology; Quality of Life/psychology
This study evaluated the prevalence and predictors of long term posttraumatic growth (PTG) after breast cancer, and relationships of PTG with psychological health in a random sample of 307 currently disease-free women 5-15 years after diagnosis. This cross-sectional study reveals long term posttraumatic growth scores comparable to those found in shorter term studies. Prevalence of a better appreciation of life is especially noteworthy. With the exception of perceived current sequelae of disease associated in a somewhat curvilinear fashion with PTG, demographic and medical variables are poor predictors of the issue. On the contrary, dispositional positive affectivity and adaptative coping of positive, active, relational, religious and to some extent denial coping have a strong effect on growth. Finally, PTG is slightly associated with mental quality of life and happiness. Findings are discussed in the light of posttraumatic growth theory.
2010
Lelorain S; Bonnaud-Antignac A; Florin A
Journal Of Clinical Psychology In Medical Settings
2010
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-009-9183-6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1007/s10880-009-9183-6</a>
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder three years after the siege of Sarajevo
Female; Humans; Male; Adult; Aged; Middle Aged; Life Change Events; Sampling Studies; adolescent; Bosnia-Herzegovina/epidemiology; Post-Traumatic/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Stress Disorders; Survivors/psychology; War
The goals of this study were to estimate the lifetime prevalence of traumatic events, the current prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and the connection between the kinds of traumatic events experienced and the probability of developing PTSD in three study samples in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, three years after the end of the war. A total of 311 people surviving the siege of Sarajevo were assessed with the Checklist for War Related Experiences (CWE) and an adapted version of the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS). The study groups consisted of a randomly selected residents sample (n = 98), a group of individuals in psychological treatment (n = 114), and a group in medical treatment (n = 99). Each individual survived an average of 24 traumatic events. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed. (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria, 18.6% of individuals in the residents sample, 32.7% of those in medical treatment, and 38.6% of those in psychological treatment developed PTSD.
2003
Rosner R; Powell S; Butollo W
Journal Of Clinical Psychology
2003
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.10116" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1002/jclp.10116</a>