ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2016
Optimism and Spontaneous Self-affirmation are Associated with Lower Likelihood of Cognitive Impairment and Greater Positive Affect among Cancer Survivors.
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- How family support alleviates death anxiety in breast cancer patients: the mediating role of meaning in life.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Characterization of cancer survivors clustered by subjective and objective cognitive function scores.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- The relationship between optimism, MCI, and dementia among postmenopausal women.Aging & mental health · 2023Article
- Network analysis of affect, emotion regulation, psychological capital, and resilience among Chinese males during the late stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Within- and between-person relationships between spontaneous self-affirmations, coping style, and wellbeing.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2022Article
- Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms, Distress, and Optimism in Mexican Colorectal Cancer Patients.Psychology in Russia : state of the art · 2022Article
- Data Resource Profile: The National Cancer Institute's Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS).International journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
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- Resilience and Coping in Cancer Survivors: The Unique Effects of Optimism and Mastery.Cognitive therapy and research · 2019Article
- Associations of spontaneous self-affirmation with health care experiences and health information seeking in a national survey of US adults.Psychology & health · 2016Article
- Hardiness and Optimism in Women with Breast Cancer.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
- Optimism, sleep quality, physical activity, and cancer-related cognitive impairment in middle-to-older aged patients undergoing breast cancer treatment.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
backgroundOptimism and self-affirmation promote adaptive coping, goal achievement, and better health. PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to examine the associations of optimism and spontaneous self-affirmation (SSA) with physical, mental, and cognitive health and information seeking among cancer survivors.
methodsCancer survivors (n = 326) completed the Health Information National Trends Survey 2013, a national survey of US adults. Participants reported optimism, SSA, cognitive and physical impairment, affect, health status, and information seeking.
resultsParticipants higher in optimism reported better health on nearly all indices examined, even when controlling for SSA. Participants higher in SSA reported lower likelihood of cognitive impairment, greater happiness and hopefulness, and greater likelihood of cancer information seeking. SSA remained significantly associated with greater hopefulness and cancer information seeking when controlling for optimism.
conclusionsOptimism and SSA may be associated with beneficial health-related outcomes among cancer survivors. Given the demonstrated malleability of self-affirmation, these findings represent important avenues for future research.
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