Factors affecting the psychological stress of cancer patients and spouses of cancer patients
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Paul Michael Mullen (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Rebecca M. Smith
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of an accumulation of stressful demands on the psychological stress of cancer patients and spouses of cancer patients, and the intervening roles of spiritual resources, family strengths, and sense of coherence. The research model emerged from the Double ABCX theory of family stress. Self-report data were collected from 42 patients receiving chemotherapy treatments and 32 spouses of patients. Identical path models, tracing the relationships between variables, were constructed for each sample. It was predicted that higher levels of accumulated demands would be associated with higher levels of psychological stress, and that higher levels of each intervening variable would be associated with lower levels of psychological stress.
Factors affecting the psychological stress of cancer patients and spouses of cancer patients
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1989
- Subjects
- Cancer $x Patients $x Family relationships
- Stress (Psychology)