title: The effects of personal construct group therapy on breast cancer survivors.
abstract: In this study, the authors evaluated the effects of a brief personal construct group therapy on breast cancer survivors (N=42) randomly assigned to either the treatment or wait-list control condition. The Gottschalk Gleser Content Analysis Scales were used to measure the effects for group across time (pre- and posttreatment, pretreatment, and 3-month posttreatment) on the personal construct states of threat, threat to existence, dislocation, and hope. Analyses showed that the beneficial effects of therapy achieved posttreatment were maintained at 3-month follow-up. The therapeutic group factors (I. D. Yalom, 1995) identified by the therapy group members as helpful in achieving these outcomes are also reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia. lisbeth@uow.edu.au
authors.forename: Lisbeth G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Viney
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*