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Breast Cancer Support Groups
Factors affecting women's participation in cancer support groups identified
September 29th, 2005
Factors affecting women's decisions for participation in breast cancer support groups were identified in a recent investigation. A "prospective study" conducted by investigators in Auckland "assessed the roles of illness beliefs, emotion regulation factors, and sociodemographic characteristics in decisions to participate in a group support program for women recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Women recruited during clinic visits 2 to 4 weeks after diagnosis completed measures of affective and cognitive factors identified by Leventhal's Common-Sense Model of illness self-regulation: cancer-related distress, avoidance tendencies, beliefs that the breast cancer was...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-29)
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