title: The relationship of coping strategies, social support, and attachment style with posttraumatic growth in cancer survivors.
abstract: This cross-sectional study investigated attachment style, coping strategies, social support, and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in 54 cancer survivors. Secure attachment was significantly associated with active coping, positive reframing, and religion, and these were all associated with PTG. Insecure types of attachment and social support variables were unrelated to PTG. Regression analysis suggests that positive reframing and religion as coping strategies may mediate the relationship between secure attachment and PTG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-2058, USA. steven.schmidt@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Steven D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Thomas O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Blank
authors.forename: Keith M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bellizzi
authors.forename: Crystal L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States