title: Psychosocial variables associated with husbands' adjustment three months following wives' diagnosis of breast cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Husbands of women with breast cancer may experience adjustment difficulties. We examined psychosocial predictors of husbands' adjustment to their wives' breast cancer 3 months following diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women (N = 45) with Stage I or II breast cancer who were 3 months postdiagnosis and their husbands completed measures of adjustment, coping, marital adjustment, and quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multiple regression analyses showed husbands' avoidant coping and wives' adjustment accounted for approximately 54% of the variance in husbands' adjustment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further research on predictors of husbands' adjustment following wives' diagnoses of breast cancer is needed to inform intervention efforts.
authors: Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors: William T
authors: WT
authors: Dalton
authors: David V
authors: DV
authors: Nelson
authors: Jennifer B
authors: JB
authors: Brobst
authors: Julie E
authors: JE
authors: Lindsay
authors: Lois C
authors: LC
authors: Friedman
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012917:Social Adjustment; D018454:Spouses; D013997:Time Factors