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The relationship of coping strategies, social support, and attachment style with posttraumatic growth in cancer survivors.

1Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, USA.
Journal of Health Psychology (impact factor: 1.22). 01/2012; 17(7):1033-40. DOI:10.1177/1359105311429203 pp.1033-40
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study investigated attachment style, coping strategies, social support, and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in 54 cancer survivors. Secure attachment was significantly associated with active coping, positive reframing, and religion, and these were all associated with PTG. Insecure types of attachment and social support variables were unrelated to PTG. Regression analysis suggests that positive reframing and religion as coping strategies may mediate the relationship between secure attachment and PTG.

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Keywords

54 cancer survivors
 
cross-sectional study
 
Insecure types
 
positive reframing
 
posttraumatic growth
 
PTG
 
Regression analysis
 
social support
 
social support variables
 

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