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Coping strategies and quality of life in women with advanced breast cancer and their family caregivers

Kershaw, Trace, Northouse, Laurel, Kritpracha, Charuwan, Schafenacker, Ann, Mood, Darlene·2004·Psychology & Health
DOI 10.1080/08870440310001652687
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Coping with advanced breast cancer is a challenge for both women and their family caregivers. The primary purposes of this study were to compare coping strategies used by patients with advanced breast cancer and their family caregivers and to examine how those strategies related to patient and caregiver quality of life. The sample consisted of 189 patient-family member dyads with advanced breast cancer. Profile analysis showed that patients reported greater use of emotional support, religion, positive reframing, distraction, venting, and humor coping while family members reported greater use of alcohol/drug coping. Regression analyses showed that among both patients and family caregivers, active coping was associated with higher quality of life and avoidant coping was associated with lower quality of life. In addition, the patient’s level of symptom distress moderated the relationship between coping and quality of life. The negative relationship between family caregivers’ avoidant coping strategies and family caregivers’ mental quality of life was strongest when patients had low levels of symptom distress and weakest when patients had high levels of symptom distress.

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Authors
Kershaw, T., Northouse, L., Kritpracha, C., Schafenacker, A., & Mood, D.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Prince of Songkla University (TH)
  • Wayne State University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Psychology & Health
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2004-04
Volume
19
Issue
2
Pages
139-155
ISSN
  • 0887-0446 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-8321
DOI
10.1080/08870440310001652687
OpenAlex
W2157027689
Cited by
263
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 21
FWCI
3.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Psychology and Health (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Support in Illness
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Nursing care and research
Keywords
advanced breast cancer, coping strategies, quality of life, family caregivers, patient-caregiver dyads, active coping, avoidance coping, symptom distress, emotional support, coping humor, positive reframing

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