Post-traumatic growth, distress and attachment style among women with breast cancer.
Identifying factors fostering post-traumatic growth (PTG) is very important to promote PTG itself through specific psychological interventions. To this end, we investigated PTG and its relationship with clinical and psychological variables in a sample of 108 female breast cancer survivors. Results showed that women with higher depressive symptoms presented lower levels of PTG than women without. Moreover, women who had undergone combined treatment presented higher levels of PTG than women who had not. The results highlighted the resulting importance of psychological intervention focusing on depressive symptoms, which negatively interfere with the patients' psychological growth.
a Department of Psychology , University of Turin , Turin , Italy.|b Clinical Psychology Unit , Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital , Turin , Italy.
Annunziata
A
Romeo
a Department of Psychology , University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
Ada
A
Ghiggia
a Department of Psychology , University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
Valentina
V
Tesio
a Department of Psychology , University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
Marialaura
M
Di Tella
b Clinical Psychology Unit , Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital , Turin , Italy.|c Department of Neuroscience , University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
Riccardo
R
Torta
a Department of Psychology , University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
Lorys
L
Castelli
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
anxiety/depression; attachment style; breast cancer; distress; post-traumatic growth