Psychosocial adjustment among cancer survivors: Findings from a national survey of health and well-being.

Costanzo, Erin S.; Ryff, Carol D.; Singer, Burton H.

doi:10.1037/a0013221

Health Psychology

2009

DOI: 10.1037/a0013221

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Psychosocial adjustment among cancer survivors: Findings from a national survey of health and well-being.

Erin S. Costanzo

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Carol D. Ryff

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Burton H. Singer

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Abstract: Objective-The current study examined whether cancer survivors showed impairment, resilience, or growth responses relative to a sociodemographically matched sample in four domains: mental health and mood, psychological well-being, social well-being, and spirituality. The impact of aging on psychosocial adjustment was also investigated.Design-Participants were 398 cancer survivors who were participants in the MIDUS survey (Midlife in the United States) and 796 matched respondents with no cancer history. Psychoso… Show more

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“…The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of living with cancer and older adults’ orientations to coping with stressors encountered during their cancer journey as reflected in narratives of elderly cancer survivors. Our results support prior findings regarding the potential protective influence of old age in responding to a diagnosis of life threatening illness [ 22 ]. The “on time” interpretation by some of the older adults of having a cancer diagnosis in later life may diminish the stressfulness of the diagnosis and may enhance the patients’ ability to proactively cope with the reality of their illness.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Elderly Cancer Survivors Reflect on Coping Strategies During the Cancer Journey

Kahana¹,

Kahana

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Langendoerfer³

et al. 2016

J Gerontol Geriatr Res

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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“…The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of living with cancer and older adults’ orientations to coping with stressors encountered during their cancer journey as reflected in narratives of elderly cancer survivors. Our results support prior findings regarding the potential protective influence of old age in responding to a diagnosis of life threatening illness [ 22 ]. The “on time” interpretation by some of the older adults of having a cancer diagnosis in later life may diminish the stressfulness of the diagnosis and may enhance the patients’ ability to proactively cope with the reality of their illness.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Elderly Cancer Survivors Reflect on Coping Strategies During the Cancer Journey

Kahana¹,

Kahana

²

,

Langendoerfer³

et al. 2016

J Gerontol Geriatr Res

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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“…Furthermore, in line with growing longitudinal evidence, our results fail to detect evidence for possible post-traumatic growth following major life stressors, insofar as such growth might relate to a broad range of different aspects of well-being ( Davis et al, 2021 ; Rakhshani and Furr, 2021 ; Dorfman et al, 2022 ; Infurna et al, 2022 ). Our findings also align with the few studies that implement matched controls and found notable similarities between those who did and did not experience the event (e.g., Costanzo et al, 2009 ; van Scheppingen et al, 2016 ; van Scheppingen and Leopold, 2020 ). Overall, our results suggest that well-being was relatively unaffected over time by experiencing an event relative to matched controls across three event types and five well-being indicators.…”

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Do stressful life events impact long-term well-being? Annual change in well-being following different life events compared to matched controls

Howard

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Overall

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Sibley

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2022

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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“…However, among the older cohort (56-65 years at MIDUS I), changes in personal growth over time were no different than among controls, and among the oldest cohort (66-75 years at MIDUS I), personal growth showed greater decreases for cancer survivors than controls. These findings thus contrasted with the aforementioned finding reported by Costanzo et al (2009) showing that older individuals are more resilient. Specifically, Pudrovska's findings suggest that at least with respect to changes in personal growth, it is younger individuals who fare better when faced with a cancer diagnosis.…”

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Varieties of Resilience in MIDUS

Ryff

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Friedman

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Fuller‐Rowell

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et al. 2012

Social & Personality Psych

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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