1,231
Views
12
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

“He would never let me just give up”: Communicatively Constructing Dyadic Resilience in the Experience of Breast Cancer

, &

References

  • Ackerson, L. K., & Viswanath, K. (2009). The social context of interpersonal communication and health. Journal of Health Communication, 14, 5–17. doi:10.1080/10810730902806836
  • Agarwal, V., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2015). Communicative reconstruction of resilience labor: Identity/identification in disaster-relief workers. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 43, 408–428. doi:10.1080/00909882.2015.1083602
  • Badger, T., Segrin, C., Dorros, S. M., Meek, P., & Lopez, A. M. (2007). Depression and anxiety in women with breast cancer and their partners. Nursing Research, 56, 44–53. doi:10.1097/00006199-200701000-00006
  • Bonanno, G. A. (2004). Loss, trauma, and human resilience: Have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events? American Psychologist, 59, 20–28. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.59.1.20
  • Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3, 77–101. doi:10.1191/1478088706qp063oa
  • Buzzanell, P. M. (2010). Resilience: Talking, resisting, and imagining new normalcies into being. Journal of Communication, 60, 1–14. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01469.x
  • Caughlin, J. P., Mikucki-Enyart, S. L., Middleton, A. V., Stone, A. M., & Brown, L. E. (2011). Being open without talking about it: A rhetorical/normative approach to understanding topic avoidance in families after a lung cancer diagnosis. Communication Monographs, 78, 409–436. doi:10.1080/03637751.2011.618141
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2016, March 23). Breast cancer statistics. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/statistics/
  • Connor, K. M., & Davidson, J. R. (2003). Development of a new resilience scale: The Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC). Depression and Anxiety, 18, 76–82. doi:10.1002/da.10113
  • Corbin, J. M., & Strauss, A. (1990). Grounded theory research: Procedures, canons, and evaluative criteria. Qualitative Sociology, 13, 3–21. doi:10.1007/BF00988593
  • Denford, S., Harcourt, D., Rubin, L., & Pusic, A. (2011). Understanding normality: A qualitative analysis of breast cancer patients’ concepts of normality after mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. Psycho-Oncology, 20, 553–558. doi:10.1002/pon.1762
  • Donovan-Kicken, E., & Caughlin, J. P. (2010). A multiple goals perspective on topic avoidance and relationship satisfaction in the context of breast cancer. Communication Monographs, 77, 231–256. doi:10.1080/03637751003758219
  • Donovan-Kicken, E., Tollison, A. C., & Goins, E. S. (2012). The nature of communication work during cancer: Advancing the theory of illness trajectories. Health Communication, 27, 641–652. doi:10.1080/10410236.2011.629405
  • Eicher, M., Matzka, M., Dubey, C., & White, K. (2015). Resilience in adult cancer care: An integrative literature review. Oncology Nursing Forum, 42. doi:10.1188/15.ONF.E3-E16
  • Gall, T. L., & Cornblat, M. W. (2002). Breast cancer survivors give voice: A qualitative analysis of spiritual factors in long-term adjustment. Psycho-Oncology, 11, 524–535. doi:10.1002/pon.613
  • Goldsmith, D. J., & Miller, G. A. (2014). Conceptualizing how couples talk about cancer. Health Communication, 29, 51–63. doi:10.1080/10410236.2012.717215
  • Harwood, J., & Sparks, L. (2003). Social identity and health: An intergroup communication approach to cancer. Health Communication, 15, 145–159. doi:10.1207/S15327027HC1502_3
  • Harzold, E., & Sparks, L. (2008). When the parent has cancer: A life-span developmental approach to adult child perceptions of communication competency, humor orientation, and relational satisfaction in older adult parent – adult child relationship. In L. Sparks, D. O’Hair, & G. L. Kreps (Eds.), Cancer, communication and aging (pp. 215–235). New York, NY: Hampton Press.
  • Jeong, A., Shin, D. W., Kim, S. Y., Yang, H. K., & Park, J. H. (2016). Avoidance of cancer communication, perceived social support, and anxiety and depression among patients with cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 25, 1301–1307. doi:10.1002/pon.4060
  • King, M. T., Kenny, P., Shiell, A., Hall, J., & Boyages, J. (2000). Quality of life three months and one year after first treatment for early stage breast cancer: Influence of treatment and patient characteristics. Quality of Life Research, 9, 789–800. doi:10.1023/A:1008936830764
  • Li, Y. C., Yeh, P. C., Chen, H. W., Chang, Y. F., Pi, S. H., & Fang, C. K. (2015). Posttraumatic growth and demoralization after cancer: The effects of patients’ meaning-making. Palliative and Supportive Care, 13, 1449–1458. doi:10.1017/S1478951515000048
  • Long, Z., Buzzanell, P. M., Wu, M., Mitra, R., Kuang, K., & Suo, H. (2015). Global communication for organizing sustainability and resilience. China Media Research, 11, 67–78. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=inspirepower2&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA434793860&it=r&asid=15c4baf2ea08a48fa838fcfb807b92bd
  • Low, C. A., Stanton, A. L., & Danoff-Burg, S. (2006). Expressive disclosure and benefit finding among breast cancer patients: Mechanisms for positive health effects. Health Psychology, 25, 181–189. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.25.2.181
  • Lucas, K., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2012). Memorable messages of hard times: Constructing short-and long-term resiliencies through family communication. Journal of Family Communication, 12, 189–208. doi:10.1080/15267431.2012.687196
  • Markovitz, S. E., Schrooten, W., Arntz, A., & Peters, M. L. (2015). Resilience as a predictor for emotional response to the diagnosis and surgery in breast cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology, 24, 1639–1645. doi:10.1002/pon.3834
  • Miller, L. E., & Caughlin, J. P. (2013). “We’re going to be survivors”: Couples’ identity challenges during and after cancer treatment. Communication Monographs, 80, 63–82. doi:10.1080/03637751.2012.739703
  • Owen, W. F. (1984). Interpretive themes in relational communication. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 70, 274–287. doi:10.1080/00335638409383697
  • Petronio, S. (2002). Boundaries of privacy: Dialectics of disclosure. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
  • Rajan-Rankin, S. (2013). Self-identity, embodiment and the development of emotional resilience. British Journal of Social Work, 44. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bct083
  • Richardson, G. E. (2002). The metatheory of resilience and resiliency. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58, 307–321. doi:10.1002/jclp.10020
  • Schou, I., Ekeberg, Ø., Ruland, C. M., Sandvik, L., & Kåresen, R. (2004). Pessimism as a predictor of emotional morbidity one year following breast cancer surgery. Psycho-Oncology, 13, 309–320. doi:10.1002/pon.747
  • Sehl, M., Lu, X., Silliman, R., & Ganz, P. A. (2013). Decline in physical functioning in first 2 years after breast cancer diagnosis predicts 10-year survival in older women. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 7, 20–31. doi:10.1007/s11764-012-0239-5
  • Solomon, D. H., & Knobloch, L. K. (2004). A model of relational turbulence: The role of intimacy, relational uncertainty, and interference from partners in appraisals of irritations. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 21, 795–816. doi:10.1177/0265407504047838
  • Stanton, A. L., Danoff-Burg, S., Cameron, C. L., Bishop, M., Collins, C. A., Kirk, S. B., … Twillman, R. (2000). Emotionally expressive coping predicts psychological and physical adjustment to breast cancer. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 875–882. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.68.5.875
  • Thompson, S., & O’Hair, H. D. (2008). Advice-giving and the management of uncertainty for cancer survivors. Health Communication, 23, 340–348. doi:10.1080/10410230802229712
  • Van Schoors, M., Caes, L., Verhofstadt, L. L., Goubert, L., & Alderfer, M. A. (2015). Systematic review: Family resilience after pediatric cancer diagnosis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 40, 856–868. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsv055
  • Venetis, M. K., Greene, K., Checton, M. G., & Magsamen-Conrad, K. (2015). Decision making in cancer-related topic avoidance. Journal of Health Communication, 20, 306–313. doi:10.1080/10810730.2014.965364
  • Venetis, M. K., Magsamen-Conrad, K., Checton, M. G., & Greene, K. (2014). Cancer communication and partner burden: An exploratory study. Journal of Communication, 64, 82–102. doi:10.1111/jcom.12069
  • Villagran, M., Canzona, M. R., & Ledford, C. J. (2013). The milspouse battle rhythm: Communicating resilience throughout the deployment cycle. Health Communication, 28, 778–788. doi:10.1080/10410236.2013.800441
  • Weber, K. M., & Solomon, D. H. (2008). Locating relationship and communication issues among stressors associated with breast cancer. Health Communication, 23, 548–559. doi:10.1080/10410230802465233
  • Wu, M., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2013). Liminalities at work: Chinese professionals’ immigrant identity negotiations. China Media Research, 9, 15–27. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA350792559&v=2.1&u=inspirepower2&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=4e1c93f7bbb6447d3d20762f3f9a7d89

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.