Promoting post-traumatic growth in cancer patients: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of guided written disclosure.
This multicenter study investigates the efficacy of the guided disclosure protocol in promoting post-traumatic growth, through meaning reconstruction, in cancer patients after adjuvant chemotherapy. Participants will be randomized to guided disclosure protocol or to an active control condition. Both conditions consist of three 20-minute writing sessions. Experimental participants verbalize emotions, describe events, and reflect on trauma effects. Control participants write about their past week's daily routine. Patients, blinded to treatment assignment, will complete questionnaires at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 6-month follow-up. This study will improve knowledge concerning the effects of writing interventions on psychological health and well-being in cancer patients.
1 European University of Rome, Italy.
Valentina
V
Cafaro
1 European University of Rome, Italy.
Luca
L
Iani
2 Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Italy.
Massimo
M
Costantini
2 Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Italy.
Silvia
S
Di Leo
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000078002:Posttraumatic Growth, Psychological; D012650:Self Disclosure; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014956:Writing; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic
cancer; guided disclosure protocol; meaning; post-traumatic growth; randomized controlled trial; writing intervention