Optimism, Health Locus of Control, and Quality of Life of Women with Initial versus Recurrent Breast Cancer Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Optimism, Health Locus of Control, and Quality of Life of Women with Initial versus Recurrent Breast Cancer

Creator

  • Author: Graci, Gina
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Guarnaccia, Charles A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Charles A. Guarnaccia, Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Kelly, Kimberly S.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Lusky, Richard A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Mahoney, Michael J.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2001-05
  • Digitized: 2007-07-17

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Health Locus of Control (HLOC) and other predictors of Quality of Life (QL) were examined for women with an initial versus recurrent breast cancer diagnosis. Twenty-eight women with an initial breast cancer (IBC) diagnoses and twenty-eight women with recurrent breast cancer (RBC) diagnoses were recruited from doctors' offices and cancer support groups. Correlational analyses were used to assess the relationships between variables. No significant differences were found between women with IBC and RBC on Psychological QL. Doctor HLOC and Psychological QL were related for women with RBC (r = .481, p = .01) and marginally so for women with IBC (r = .329, p = .09). A positive correlation was also found between Doctor HLOC and Functional QL for both women with IBC (r = .464, p = .01) and women with RBC (r = .390, p = .04). After controlling for stage of cancer, women with RBC reported higher Functional QL than did women with IBC. Advanced (stages III or IV) versus early (stages I or II) cancer stage related to lower Functional QL, controlling for initial versus recurrent diagnosis (r = -.283, p = .01). A marginally significant relationship was also found for cancer stage, regardless of initial versus recurrent diagnosis, with higher Overall QL for women with early stages of breast cancer (r = -.157, p = .09). No significant differences in Optimism or Overall QL were found between women with IBC versus RBC. No differences were found between married and single women. This research begins to explore differences in Quality of Life for women with a new versus a recurrent breast cancer diagnosis.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Breast -- Cancer -- Psychological aspects.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Attitudes.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Optimism.
  • Keyword: Locus of control
  • Keyword: Quality of life

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Graci, M. Gina
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 48257812
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc2803

Degree

  • Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Discipline: Clinical Psychology
  • Academic Department: Department of Psychology
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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