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Goal Navigation, Approach-Oriented Coping, and Adjustment in Young Men with Testicular Cancer

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Hoyt, Michael A., Gamarel, Kristi E., Saigal, Christopher S., Stanton, Annette L.·2016·Annals of Behavioral Medicine
DOI 10.1007/s12160-016-9785-9PMC PMC4935579
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BACKGROUND: Cancer can challenge important life goals for young adult survivors. Poor goal navigation skills might disrupt self-regulation and interfere with coping efforts, particularly approach-oriented attempts. Two studies are presented that investigated relationships among goal navigation processes, approach-oriented coping, and adjustment (i.e., social, emotional, and functional well-being) in separate samples of young adults with testicular cancer. METHODS: In study 1, in-depth interviews (N = 21) were analyzed using thematic analysis to understand experiences of goal pursuit following cancer. In study 2, 171 men completed measures of goal navigation, coping, and adjustment to cancer. RESULTS: In study 1, three prominent themes emerged: goal clarification, goal engagement and disengagement, and responses to disrupted goals. Regression analyses in study 2 revealed that goal navigation skills were positively associated with emotional (B = .35, p < .001), social (B = .24, p < .01), and functional (B = .28, p < .001) well-being, as was approach-oriented coping (B = .22, p < .01; B = .32, p < .001; B = .26, p < .001, respectively). Goal navigation moderated associations between approach-oriented coping and well-being, such that those with low goal navigation ability and low approach-oriented coping reported lower well-being. CONCLUSIONS: Goal navigation skills and approach-oriented coping have unique and interactive relationships with adjustment to testicular cancer. They likely represent important independent targets for intervention, and goal navigation skills might also buffer the negative consequences of low use of approach-oriented coping.

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  • Coping styles and psychological flexibility have been identified as correlates of psychological distress in testicular cancer and other cancer populations.

    “Finally, coping styles and psychological flexibility (ability to act flexibly and adjust to situational demands) have been identified as correlates to psychological distress in TC and other cancer populations.10,23,24”

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    Study 2 Results (page not supplied) report that approach-oriented coping and goal navigation were associated with emotional well-being in young men with testicular cancer; the Background also discusses coping and psychological adaptation in adults with cancer. The paper studies goal navigation rather than identifying or measuring psychological flexibility as defined in the citing sentence, and its reported outcome is well-being rather than psychological distress. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Hoyt, M. A., Gamarel, K. E., Saigal, C. S., & Stanton, A. L.
Affiliations
  • The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
  • Brown University (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Hoyt, Michael A.
ORCID
Venue
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2016-03-02
Volume
50
Issue
4
Pages
572-581
ISSN
  • 0742-5554 (ISSN-L)
  • 0883-6612
  • 1532-4796
DOI
10.1007/s12160-016-9785-9
PMC
PMC4935579
OpenAlex
W2288783926
Cited by
20
References
8
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2
FWCI
0.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations
  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Livestrong Foundation
  • National Institute of Mental Health (5T32MH015750)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
Keywords
approach-oriented coping, testicular cancer, young adult cancer survivors, adjustment to cancer, well-being, goal pursuit, goal clarification, goal disengagement, self-regulation
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Goals, Humans, Male, Registries, Testicular Neoplasms, Young Adult

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