Trait Mindfulness, Repression, Suppression, and Self‐Reported Mood and Stress Symptoms Among Women With Breast Cancer

Tamagawa, Rie; Giese‐Davis, Janine; Speca, Michael; Doll, Richard; Stephen, Joanne; Carlson, Linda E.

doi:10.1002/jclp.21939

Trait Mindfulness, Repression, Suppression, and Self‐Reported Mood and Stress Symptoms Among Women With Breast Cancer

Objective This study sought to identify relationships between trait mindfulness, repressive, and suppressive emotional styles, and the relative importance of these traits in their association with self‐reported psychological health among women with breast cancer. Method Of the 277 women with brea…