title: Loss of resources as mediators between interpersonal trauma and traumatic and depressive symptoms among women with cancer.
abstract: We hypothesized that loss of interpersonal, financial and work resources would mediate the relationship between physical and sexual abuse, cancer-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, noncancer-related PTSD symptoms and depressive mood among women with cancer. Participants were 64 women with heterogeneous cancers (64.1% breast cancer) seeking outpatient treatment. Structured interviews were conducted to assess for pre-cancer interpersonal trauma, recent loss of interpersonal, financial and work resources, cancer-related PTSD symptoms, noncancer-related PTSD symptoms and depressive mood. Only interpersonal loss mediated the relationship between earlier interpersonal trauma and current PTSD symptoms and depressive mood. Implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. ebanou@phhp.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Banou
authors.forename: Stevan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hobfoll
authors.forename: R Douglas
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Trochelman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D012923:Social Class; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*