Preemptively finding benefit in a breast cancer diagnosis

References

• American Cancer Society (2017). How common is breast cancer? Retrieved from September 7, 2017 from https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/about/how-common-is-breast-cancer.html
   Google Scholar
• Aspinwall, L. G., & Taylor, S. E. (1997). A stitch in time: Self-regulation and proactive coping. Psychological Bulletin, 121(3), 417–436. doi:10.1037//0033-2909.121.3.417
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bluethmann, S. M., Murphy, C. C., Tiro, J. A., Mollica, M. A., Vernon, S. W., & Bartholomew, L. K. (2017). Deconstructing decisions to initiate, maintain, or discontinue adjuvant endocrine therapy in breast cancer survivors: A mixed-methods study. Oncology Nursing Forum, 44(3), E101. doi:10.1188/17.ONF.E101-E110
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boivin, J., & Lancastle, D. (2010). Medical waiting periods: Imminence, emotions and coping. Women's Health, 6(1), 59–69. doi:10.2217/WHE.09.79
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Bower, J. E., Moskowitz, J. T., & Epel, E. (2009). Is benefit finding good for your health? Pathways linking positive life changes after stress and physical health outcomes. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18(6), 337–341. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01663.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
   Google Scholar
• Charles, S. T. (2010). Strength and vulnerability integration: A model of emotional well-being across adulthood. Psychological Bulletin, 136(6), 1068–1091.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carver, C. S., & Antoni, M. H. (2004). Finding benefit in breast cancer during the year after diagnosis predicts better adjustment 5 to 8 years after diagnosis. Health Psychology, 23(6), 595–598. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.23.6.595
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cheng, C., Wong, W. M., & Tsang, K. W. (2006). Perception of benefits and costs during SARS outbreak: An 18-month prospective study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(5), 870–879. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.74.5.870
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Campos, B., Perez, O. F. R., & Guardino, C. (2016). Familism: A cultural value with implications for romantic relationship quality in US Latinos. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 33(1), 81–100. doi:10.1177/0265407514562564
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Campos, B., Ullman, J. B., Aguilera, A., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2014). Familism and psychological health: The intervening role of closeness and social support. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 20(2), 191. doi:10.1037/a0034094
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davis, C. G., Nolen-Hoeksema, S., & Larson, J. (1998). Making sense of loss and benefiting from the experience: Two construals of meaning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(2), 561–574. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.75.2.561
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dooley, M. D., Sweeny, K., Howell, J. L., & Reynolds, C. (2018). Perceptions of romantic partners’ responsiveness during a period of stressful uncertainty. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(4), 677–687. doi:10.1037/pspi0000134
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dures, E., Rumsey, N., Morris, M., & Gleeson, K. (2011). Mixed methods in health psychology: Theoretical and practical considerations of the third paradigm. Journal of Health Psychology, 16(2), 332–341. doi:10.1177/1359105310377537
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Helgeson, V. S., Reynolds, K. A., & Tomich, P. L. (2006). A meta-analytic review of benefit finding and growth. Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, 74(5), 828–840. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.74.5.79
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holland, K., & Holahan, C. K. (2003). The relation of social support and coping to positive adaptation to breast cancer. Psychology & Health, 18(1), 15–29. doi:10.1080/0887044031000080656
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Howell, J. L., & Sweeny, K. (2016). Is waiting bad for subjective health? Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 39(4), 652–664. doi:10.1007/s10865-016-9729-7
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kim, K. H. (2008). Meta‐analyses of the relationship of creative achievement to both IQ and divergent thinking test scores. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 42(2), 106–130. doi:10.1002/j.2162-6057.2008.tb01290.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lancastle, D., & Boivin, J. (2008). A feasibility study of a brief coping intervention (PRCI) for the waiting period before a pregnancy test during fertility treatment. Human Reproduction, 23(10), 2299–2307. doi:10.1093/humrep/den257
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lang, E. V., Berbaum, K. S., & Lutgendorf, S. K. (2009). Large-core breast biopsy: Abnormal salivary cortisol profiles associated with uncertainty of diagnosis. Radiology, 250(3), 631–637. doi:10.1148/radiol.2503081087
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mols, F., Vingerhoets, A. J., Coebergh, J. W. W., & Van de Poll-Franse, L. V. (2009). Well-being, posttraumatic growth and benefit finding in long-term breast cancer survivors. Psychology & Health, 24(5), 583–595. doi:10.1080/08870440701671362
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morrison, L., Moss‐Morris, R., Michie, S., & Yardley, L. (2014). Optimizing engagement with Internet‐based health behaviour change interventions: Comparison of self‐assessment with and without tailored feedback using a mixed methods approach. British Journal of Health Psychology, 19(4), 839–855. doi:10.1111/bjhp.12083
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Northouse, L. L. (1989). The impact of breast cancer on patients and husbands. Cancer Nursing, 12(5), 278???284–284. doi:10.1097/00002820-198910000-00003
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Northouse, L. L., Tocco, K. M., & West, P. (1997). Coping with a breast biopsy: How healthcare professionals can help women and their husbands. Oncology Nursing Forum, 24(3), 473–480.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Ockhuijsen, H., van den Hoogen, A., Eijkemans, M., Macklon, N., & Boivin, J. (2014). The impact of a self-administered coping intervention on emotional well-being in women awaiting the outcome of IVF treatment: A randomized controlled trial. Human Reproduction, 29(7), 1459–1470. doi:10.1093/humrep/deu093
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O'Mahony, M. (2001). Women’s lived experience of breast biopsy: A phenomenological study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10(4), 512–520. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2702.2001.00493.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peters-Golden, H. (1982). Breast cancer: Varied perceptions of social support in the illness experience. Social Science & Medicine, 16(4), 483–491. doi:10.1016/0277-9536(82)90057-0
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Poole, K. (1997). The emergence of the ‘waiting game’: A critical examination of the psychosocial issues in diagnosing breast cancer. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 25(2), 273–281. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997025273.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Poole, K., Hood, K., Davis, B. D., Monypenny, I. J., Sweetland, H., Webster, D. J. T., … Mansel, R. E. (1999). The psychological distress associated with waiting for the results of diagnostic investigations for breast disease. The Breast, 8(6), 334–338. doi:10.1054/brst.1999.0085
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rankin, K., & Sweeny, K. (unpublished). Coping during the 2016 presidential election. University of California, Riverside.
   Google Scholar
• Sears, S. R., Stanton, A. L., & Danoff-Burg, S. (2003). The yellow brick road and the emerald city: Benefit finding, positive reappraisal coping, and posttraumatic growth in women with early-stage breast cancer. Health Psychology, 22(5), 487–497. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.22.5.487
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith, E., Bradbury, K., Scott, L., Steele, M., Little, P., & Yardley, L. (2017). Providing online weight management in primary care: A mixed methods process evaluation of healthcare practitioners’ experiences of using and supporting patients using POWeR+. Implementation Science, 12(1), 69. doi:10.1186/s13012-017-0596-6
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Suárez-Orozco, C., & Todorova, I. L. (2006). Projecting the voices of Mexican-origin children. Research in Human Development, 3(4), 211–228. doi:10.1207/s15427617rhd0304_3
   Google Scholar
• Sweeny, K., & Andrews, S. E. (2014). Mapping individual differences in the experience of a waiting period. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106(6), 1015–1030. doi:10.1037/a0036031
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sweeny, K., & Cavanaugh, A. G. (2012). Waiting is the hardest part: A model of uncertainty navigation in the context of health. Health Psychology Review, 6(2), 147–164. doi:10.1080/17437199.2010.520112
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sweeny, K., Christianson, D., & McNeill, J. (2019). The psychological experience of awaiting breast diagnosis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53(7), 630–641. doi:10.1093/abm/kay072
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sweeny, K., Reynolds, C. A., Falkenstein, A., Andrews, S. E., & Dooley, M. D. (2016). Two definitions of waiting well . Emotion (Washington, D.C.), 16(1), 129–143. doi: 0.1037/emo0000117 doi:10.1037/emo0000117
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (1996). The posttraumatic growth inventory: Measuring the positive legacy of trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 9(3), 455–471. doi:10.1007/BF02103658
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tomich, P. L., & Helgeson, V. S. (2004). Is finding something good in the bad always good? Benefit finding among women with breast cancer. Health Psychology, 23(1), 16.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yardley, L., & Bishop, F. L. (2015). Using mixed methods in health research: Benefits and challenges. British Journal of Health Psychology, 20(1), 1–4. doi:10.1111/bjhp.12126
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar