Marital satisfaction and emotional adjustment after breast cancer

Karen Weihs; Timothy Enright; George Howe; Samuel J. Simmens

doi:10.1300/J077v17n01_03

Marital satisfaction and emotional adjustment after breast cancer

Karen Weihs
, Timothy Enright
, George Howe
, Samuel J. Simmens

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Abstract

The Profile of Mood States was used to measure distress in 44 patients with breast cancer at 15 and 34 months after the diagnosis. Marital satisfaction, measured by the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, was found to predict change in patients' distress over time. Patients who reported that their marriage was unsatisfactory, regardless of their report of distress 15 months after the diagnosis, were at greater risk for elevated distress in the future than were those who were satisfied with their marriage. The findings suggest that marital satisfaction could be used as an indicator of a patient's trajectory of distress over time.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	33-49
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1300/J077v17n01_03
State	Published - 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Breast cancer
Emotional adjustment
Marital satisfaction
Social support

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oncology
Applied Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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