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Identifier	Thesis 1481
Author	Bellizzi, Keith M
Title	The relationship between high levels of stressful experiences, coping strategies and cancer / Keith M. Bellizzi
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	1998
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	This study investigated psychological and personality factors related to the onset of cancer. Stressful life events and coping strategies were investigated in a retrospective study of 69 cancer patients from local support groups and their controls. The first hypothesis measured participants stress during the past two years prior to diagnosis for the cancer group, and two years prior to filling out the survey for the control group. Using a MANOVA, the findings indicated that there were no significant differences between cancer and non cancer groups as examined by the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), than did the control group. The second hypothesis measured the effects of Adaptive and Maladaptive coping related to the onset of cancer, as examined by the COPE scale. Also using a MANOVA, the findings indicated that there were no significant differences between cancer and non cancer groups. In addition, a logistic regression was conducted to determine how well the model was used to predict cancer and non cancer status. Overall, the model predicted both cancer membership and non cancer membership 62.02% of the time. Some interesting incidental findings showed that females had a significantly higher stress score and maladaptive cope score than males did. Although the findings of this study suggests that psychological factors, such as stress and coping strategies were not significant factors in predicting cancer, one needs to consider the retrospective aspect of the study and participants' memories and current state of mind.
Subject	Cancer -- Social aspects Stress (Physiology)
Department	Department of Psychology
Advisor	Austad, Carol Shaw
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	40169965
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