Relationships among optimism, well-being, self-transcendence, coping, and social support in women during treatment for breast cancer.
Psycho-oncology July 2009 Ellyn E Matthews, Paul F Cook
The impact of diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer, stressors that affect emotional well-being, is influenced by several psychosocial factors and the relationships among them. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between optimism and emotional well-being (EWB) and the individual and combined mediation of this relationship by perceived social support (SS), problem...