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Enhancing adaptation during treatment and the role of individual differences

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Carver, Charles S.·2005·Cancer

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With increased effectiveness of medical treatment for cancer, greater attention has been directed to the quality of life of cancer patients and cancer survivors. Work on this topic is aimed at better understanding the determinants of quality of life and creating ways to optimize these outcomes. Insights from many disciplines inform this effort. For example, personality psychology suggests bases for naturally occurring differences in resilience but also suggests ways to enhance adaptation and promote greater resilience. The author's current work relies on a view of individuals as goal-seeking beings whose efforts toward desired outcomes are threatened by diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Some react to such adversity with increased efforts, others with a giving-up response. This difference promotes differences in emotional well being. The author's group is focused on enhancing adaptation and providing patients with skills for stress management that permit patients to remain engaged in the pursuits that form their lives. This stress-management intervention has reduced the prevalence of depression among breast cancer patients and has increased the extent to which they report positive sequelae from cancer. The latter effect also has been related to differential reduction in cortisol. Ongoing work is examining well being in longer term survivors, including the effects of this intervention and the possibility that the intervention will have positive consequences for physical health.

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Authors
Carver, C. S.
Affiliations
University of Miami (US)
Corresponding author
Carver, Charles S.
Venue
Cancer
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005
Volume
104
Issue
S11
Pages
2602-2607
ISSN
  • 0008-543X (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-0142
OpenAlex
W2023642374
Cited by
92
References
52
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (CA-78995, R01CA064710, CA84944, R01CA078995, CA64710, P50CA084944)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
Keywords
cancer survivors, quality of life, psychological adjustment, resilience, individual differences, stress management interventions, depression, breast cancer, cortisol, emotional well-being, goal seeking
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Humans, Individuality, Models, Psychological, Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Stress, Psychological

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