| Description |
1 online resource (227 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; Applications of Perceived Control to Cancer: An Overview of Theory and Measurement; Background; Current Issues in Theory and Research; Measures of Psychological Control; Additional Methodological Issues; Clinical Applications; Conclusion; Exploring Relationships Between Cancer, Coping, and Mental Health; Establishing a Scientific Definition of Coping; Cancer as the Stimulus for Coping; Measurement; Recent Research; Looking Forward; Conclusion |
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Religion and Spirituality as Resources for Coping with CancerTensions with Psychosocial Research and Practice; Religion and Adaptation; Religion and Spirituality in Research; Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice; The Role of Social Support in Adaptation to Cancer and to Survival; Definitions and Overview; Review of Selected Literature; Conclusions and Future Directions; Family Functioning as a Resource Variable in Psychosocial Cancer Research: Issues and Measures; Role of Family Functioning in Research; Definitions and Measures of Family Functioning |
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Family Functioning as a Resource VariableDiscussion; Conclusions; Commentary; Assessment of Psychological Functioning in Cancer Patients; Method; Overview of the Selected Scales; Discussion; Psychosocial Resource Variables in Cancer Research: Statistical and Analytical Considerations; Test Construction, Reliability, and Validity; Statistical Power Analysis; Cut Points Imposed on Quantitative Measures; Correlations Represent Linear Relationships; Moderators and Mediators; Multivariate Statistical Considerations; Conclusion |
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The Use of Qualitative Methods to Strengthen Psychosocial Research on CancerStrengths and Weaknesses of the Methods; Understanding of Non-Cancer-Related Illness; Understanding Psychosocial Factors in Cancer; Practical Issues; Discussion; Index |
| Summary |
Psychosocial Resource Variables in Cancer Studies reviews the literature on selected psychosocial resource variables in cancer in order to raise and examine conceptual and methodological issues and to offer suggestions for future directions in the field. It provides investigators and clinicians with a systematic treatment of the state of the art in research on specific resource factors and provides a careful consideration of more generic methodological and statistical issues in this research context. Editors Curbow and Somerfield define resources as aspects of a person or environment |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Psychological aspects.
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Cancer -- Social aspects.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Cancer -- Psychological aspects
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Cancer -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Curbow, Barbara
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| ISBN |
9781317939320 |
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1317939328 |
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