TY - JOUR
T1 - Anticipating posttraumatic growth from cancer
T2 - Patients and collaterals experiences
AU - Tallman, Benjamin A.
AU - Lohnberg, Jessica
AU - Yamada, Torricia H.
AU - Halfdanarson, Thorvardur R.
AU - Altmaier, Elizabeth M.
PY - 2014/5/4
Y1 - 2014/5/4
N2 - Posttraumatic growth has been demonstrated to occur following the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Still unknown is whether patients expect such growth, how growth is perceived at early points in time that follow the cancer experience, and whether patient reports of growth are corroborated by others. Participants were 87 patients and 55 collaterals who reported their anticipation of growth pretreatment and their perceived growth at a 9-month follow-up. Patients' expectations for their own growth were significantly higher than collaterals' expectations for theirs. When anticipated growth was compared to later reported growth, patients overanticipated growth across all domains and collaterals underanticipated growth.
AB - Posttraumatic growth has been demonstrated to occur following the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Still unknown is whether patients expect such growth, how growth is perceived at early points in time that follow the cancer experience, and whether patient reports of growth are corroborated by others. Participants were 87 patients and 55 collaterals who reported their anticipation of growth pretreatment and their perceived growth at a 9-month follow-up. Patients' expectations for their own growth were significantly higher than collaterals' expectations for theirs. When anticipated growth was compared to later reported growth, patients overanticipated growth across all domains and collaterals underanticipated growth.
KW - cancer
KW - collateral
KW - coping
KW - oncology
KW - posttraumatic growth
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U2 - 10.1080/07347332.2014.897291
DO - 10.1080/07347332.2014.897291
M3 - Article
C2 - 24611890
AN - SCOPUS:84901326645
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 32
SP - 342
EP - 358
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 3
ER -