title: Perceived stress management skill mediates the relationship between optimism and positive mood following radical prostatectomy.
abstract: This study evaluated relations among optimism, perceived stress management skills (PSMS),and positive mood in 46 men who had surgical treatment for localized prostate cancer. The authors found that optimism, PSMS, and positive mood scores were positively correlated. Positive mood was unrelated to demographic and disease-related control variables. In a hierarchical regression model controlling for PSMS, the relationship between optimism and positive mood became nonsignificant, whereas PSMS remained a correlate of positive mood. Results suggest that the relationship between optimism and positive mood may be mediated by belief in being able to use stress management techniques effectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33134, USA. fpenedo@miami.edu
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Penedo
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Dahn
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Molton
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Carver
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Antoni
authors.forename: Bernard A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schneiderman
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*