title: Emotional approach coping: gender differences on psychological adjustment in young to middle-aged cancer survivors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The effect of emotional approach coping (EAC) varies by gender. However, this gender difference has not yet been investigated in cancer survivors. We investigated whether the effects of two kinds of EAC--emotional processing (EP) and emotional expression (EE)--vary by gender and whether EAC has effects above and beyond the effect of other coping strategies.
  
  
  METHODS
  EAC and other coping strategies were assessed at baseline in a sample of 248 young to middle-aged adult (between the age of 22 and 55) cancer survivors. One hundred and sixty-six survivors responded to psychological adjustment one year later.
  
  
  RESULTS
  EAC had different relationships with Time 2 adjustment in men and women. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that for men, EE predicted lower intrusive thoughts and, for women, EP was associated with higher positive affect when other coping strategies and EE were controlled.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gender differences held true in cancer survivors, and EAC was effective when other coping strategies were controlled. Further, EE was effective in reducing negative adjustment in men while EP was helpful in promoting positive adjustment in women.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. dalnim.cho@uconn.edu
authors: Dalnim
authors: D
authors: Cho
authors: Crystal L
authors: CL
authors: Park
authors: Thomas O
authors: TO
authors: Blank
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012737:Sex Factors; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult