249
Views
78
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Prostate cancer: Patients' and spouses' coping and marital adjustment

Pages 289-302 | Published online: 19 Aug 2010

  • BAIDER , L. and KAPLAN DE-NOUR , A. 1988a . Adjustment to cancer: who is the patient--the husband or the wife? . Israel Journal of Medical Sciences , 24 : 631 – 636 .
  • BAIDER , L. and KAPLAN DE-NOUR , A. 1988b . “ Breast cancer--a family affair ” . In Stress and breast cancer , Edited by: COOPER , C. L. 155 – 170 . New York : Wiley .
  • BAIDER , L. , WALACH , N. , PERRY , S. and KAPLAN DE-NOUR , A. 1998 . Cancer in married couples: higher or lower distress? . Journal of Psychosomatic Research , 45 : 239 – 248 .
  • BURGESS , C. , MORRIS , T. and PETFINGALE , K.W. 1988 . Psychological response to cancer diagnosis. II. Evidence for coping styles (coping styles and cancer diagnosis) . Journal of Psychosomatic Research , 32 : 263 – 272 .
  • CARVER , C.S. , Pozo , C. , HARRIS , S.D. , NORIEGA , V. , SCHEIER , M.F. , ROBINSON , D.S. , KETCHAM , A.S. , MOFFAT , F.L. and CLARK , K.C. 1993 . How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: a study of women with early stage breast cancer . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 65 : 375 – 390 .
  • CASSILETH , B.R. , LUSK , E.J. , STROUSE , T.B. , MILLER , D.S. , BROWN , L.L. and CROSS , P.A. 1985 . A psychological analysis of cancer patients and their next-of-kin . Cancer , 55 : 72 – 76 .
  • CLARKE , V.A. , LAVERY , J.F. and RUFFIN , C.L. 1993 . A journey through breast cancer. Reflections of thirty survivors. Institute of Nursing Research , Research Monograph Series No. 9 Geelong : Deakin University Press .
  • COHEN , F. 1987 . “ Measurement of coping ” . In Stress and health: issues in research methodology , Edited by: KASL , S. V. and COOPER , C. L. 283 – 305 . New York : John Wiley .
  • COHEN , F. , LAZARUS , R.S. and N. E. ADLER & ASSOCIATES . 1979 . “ Coping with the stresses of illness ” . In Health psychology--a handbook: theories, application, and challenges of a psychological approach to the health care system , Edited by: STONE , G. C. and COHEN , F. 217 – 254 . San Francisco : Jossey-Bass .
  • COYNE , J.G. and SMITH , D.A. 1991 . Couples coping with a myocardial infarction: a contextual perspective on wives' distress . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 3 : 404 – 412 .
  • DEAN , C. and SURTEES , P.G. 1989 . Do psychological factors predict survival in breast cancer? . Journal of Psychosomatic Research , 33 : 561 – 569 .
  • DEY , I. 1993 . Qualitative data analysis. A user friendly guide for social scientists , London : Routledge .
  • DUNKEL-SCHETTER , C. , FEINSTEIN , L.G. , TAYLOR , S.E. and FALKE , R.L. 1992 . Patterns of coping with cancer . Health Psychology , II : 79 – 87 .
  • ELL , K. , NISHIMOTO , R. , MANTELL , J. and HAMOVITCH , M. 1988 . Psychological adaptation to cancer: a comparison among patients, spouses, and nonspouses . Family Systems Medicine , 6 : 335 – 348 .
  • FRIEDMAN , L.C. , NELSON , D.V. , BAER , P.E. , LANE , M. and SMITH , F.E. 1990 . Adjustment to breast cancer: a replication study . Journal of Psychosocial Oncology , 8 : 27 – 40 .
  • GARNICK , M.B. 1994 . The dilemmas of prostate cancer . Scientific American , April : 72 – 81 .
  • GREER , S. 1991 . Psychological response to cancer and survival . Psychological Medicine , 21 : 43 – 49 .
  • HALSTEAD , M.T. and FERNSLER , J.I. 1994 . Coping strategies of long-term cancer survivors . Cancer Nursing , 17 : 94 – 100 .
  • HANNUM , J.W. , GIESE-DAVlS , J. , HARDING , K. and HATFIELD , A.K. 1991 . Effects of individual and marital variables on coping with cancer . Journal of Psychosocial Oncology , 9 : 1 – 20 .
  • HELM , E. , AUGUSTINY , K.F. , SCHAFFNER , L. and VALACH , L. 1993 . Coping with breast cancer over time and situation . Journal of Psychosomatic Research , 37 : 523 – 542 .
  • JAMISON , K.R. , WELLISCH , D.K. and PASNAU , R.O. 1978 . Psychosocial aspects of mastectomy: I. The women's perspective . American Journal of Psychiatry , 135 : 432 – 436 .
  • JARRETT , S.R. , RAMIREZ , A.J. , RICHARDS , M.A. and WEINMAN , J. 1992 . Measuring coping in breast cancer . Journal of Psychosomatic Research , 36 : 593 – 602 .
  • JOHNSTONE , B.G.M. , SILBERFELD , M. , CHAPMAN , J-A. , PHOENIX , C. , STURGEON , F.G. , TILL , J.E. and SUTCLIFFE , S.B. 1991 . Heterogeneity in responses to cancer. Part II: Sexual responses . Canadian Journal of Psychiatry , 36 : 182 – 185 .
  • LAZARUS , R.S. and FOLKMAN , S. 1984 . Stress, appraisal and coping , New York : Springer .
  • LEWIS , F.M. and HAMMOND , M.A. 1992 . Psychosocial adjustment of the family to breast cancer: a longitudinal analysis . Journal of the American Medical Women's Association , 47 : 194 – 200 .
  • LICHTMAN , R.R. , TAYLOR , S.E. and WOOD , J.V. 1987 . Social support and marital adjustment after breast cancer . Journal of Psychosocial Oncology , 5 : 47 – 74 .
  • MAYS , N. and POPE , C. 1995 . Rigour and qualitative research . British Medical Journal , 311 : 109 – 112 .
  • NELSON , D.V. , FRIEDMAN , L.C. , BAER , P.E. , LANE , M. and SMITH , F.E. 1994 . Subtypes of psychosocial adjustment to breast cancer . Journal of Behavioral Medicine , 17 : 127 – 141 .
  • NORTHOUSE , L. 1989 . A longitudinal study of the adjustment of patients and husbands to breast cancer . Oncology Nursing Forum , 16 : 511 – 516 .
  • NORTHOUSE , L.L. , DORMS , G. and CHARRON-MOORE , C. 1995 . Factors affecting couples' adjustment to recurrent breast cancer . Social Science and Medicine , 41 : 69 – 76 .
  • NORTHOUSE , L.L. , LATEN , D. and REDDY , P. 1995 . Adjustment of women and their husbands to recurrent breast cancer . Research in Nursing and Health , 18 : 515 – 524 .
  • PTACEK , J.T. , PTACEK , J.J. and DODGE , K.L. 1994 . Coping with breast cancer from the perspectives of husbands and wives . Journal of Psychosocial Oncology , 12 : 47 – 72 .
  • RIEKER , P.P. , EDBRIL , S.D. and GARNICK , M.B. 1985 . Curative testis cancer therapy: psychosocial sequelae . Journal of Clinical Oncology , 3 : 1117 – 1126 .
  • ROYAK-SCHALER , R. 1991 . Psychological processes in breast cancer: a review of selected research . Journal of Psychosocial Oncology , 9 : 71 – 89 .
  • SCHOFIELD , H.L. , MURPHY , B. , HERRMAN , H.E. , BLOCH , S. and SINGH , B. 1997 . Family caregiving: measurement of emotional well-being and various aspects of the caregiving role . Psychological Medicine , 27 : 647 – 657 .
  • SCHOVER , L.R. and VON ESCHENBACH , A.C. 1984 . Sexual and marital counseling with men treated for testicular cancer . Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy , 10 : 29 – 40 .
  • SCHOVER , L.R. and VON ESCHENBACH , A.C. 1985 . Sexual and marital relationships after treatment for nonseminomatous testicular cancer . Urology , 25 : 251 – 255 .
  • STANTON , A.L. and SNIDER , P.R. 1993 . Coping with a breast cancer diagnosis: a prospective study . Health Psychology , 12 : 16 – 23 .
  • WATSON , M. , GREER , S. , ROWDEN , L. , GORMAN , C. , ROBERTSON , B. , BLISS , J.M. and TUNMORE , R. 1991 . Relationships between emotional control, adjustment to cancer and depression and anxiety in breast cancer patients . Psychological Medicine , 21 : 51 – 57 .

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.