Abstract
The aim of this primary study was to predict the effect of counterfactuals, coping strategies, personal resources (age and education) and stage of the illness on psychological distress in a sample of 64 breast cancer patients. The main findings indicated that upward counterfactuals played an important role in the patients' psychological distress and coping process with the illness. Patients who used a high level of upward counterfactual thinking were found to have a high level of psychological distress. Downward counterfactual thinking, however, was not found to be related to less psychological distress.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 383-392 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Anxiety, Stress and Coping |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2007 |
Keywords
- Breast cancer
- Coping strotegies
- Counterfoctuals
- Psychological distress
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Psychiatry and Mental health
