Posttraumatic growth in non-Hispanic White and Hispanic women with cervical cancer.
This study examined posttraumatic growth (PTG) in Non-Hispanic White (NHW; n = 132) and Hispanic (HISP; n = 51) women who had been diagnosed with cervical cancer. Participants completed measures of PTG, spirituality, optimism, stage of cancer, and demographics variables. The results showed that women with cervical cancer reported PTG but at lower levels than in studies of women with breast cancer. Greater spirituality and more advanced cancer stage predicted more PTG, but optimism did not predict PTG. HISP women reported higher levels of PTG than NHW women, and greater spirituality in the HISP women partially accounted for the difference.
Smith
Bruce W
BW
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 85131-1161, USA. bwsmith@unm.edu
Dalen
Jeanne
J
Bernard
Jennifer F
JF
Baumgartner
Kathy B
KB
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult