Trial reportPsychological medicine2017
Efficacy of meaning-centered group psychotherapy for cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Psychological medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 55 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Feasibility of Delivering an Avatar Life-review Intervention to Support Patients With Active Cancer
Spanish Adaptation of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Participants With Cancer: a Protocol Study of a Randomized Control Trial
Who cites it
55 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hope as a Therapeutic Resource: Systematic Evidence of its Impact on Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health.Journal of religion and health · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review on the effects of logotherapy and meaning-centered therapy on psychological and existential symptoms in women with breast and gynecological cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of meaning-based psychotherapy on post-traumatic growth and death anxiety in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of economic analyses of psychological interventions and therapies in health-related settings.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Resilience Interventions Conducted in Western and Eastern Countries-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological problems among cancer patients in relation to healthcare and societal costs: A systematic review.Psycho-oncology · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological interventions to improve mental wellbeing.Nature human behaviour · 2021Pooled it
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- A Meaning-Centered Intervention for Undergraduate Women With High Weight and Shape Concerns-Replication of a Randomized Controlled Trial.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Trial
- Does enhanced meaning after meaning-centered group psychotherapy mediate a reduction in depressive symptoms in cancer survivors? A mediation analysis in the context of a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
- Effects of family-centered positive psychological intervention on psychological health and quality of life in patients with breast cancer and their caregivers.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Trial
- A 6-Week Program to Strengthen Resiliency Among Women With Metastatic Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.The oncologist · 2023Trial
- Intelligent physical activity versus modified behavioral activation in adolescent and young adult cancer patients with psychological distress: A randomized, controlled pilot trial.Cancer medicine · 2023Trial
- The Effect of Religious-Spiritual Psychotherapy on Illness Perception and Inner Strength among Patients with Breast Cancer in Iran.Journal of religion and health · 2022Trial
- Long-term efficacy of meaning-centered group psychotherapy for cancer survivors: 2-Year follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial.Psycho-oncology · 2020Trial
- Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Among Patients with Advanced Cancer and Depression: Rationale and Preliminary Evaluation of MCP-PSIL.Psychedelic medicine (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2026Article
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- A formative evaluation of a brief intervention on meaning-making in the re-entry phase after curative cancer treatment.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- Living with Cancer under watch and wait: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- The EORTC QLU-C10D is a valid cancer-specific preference-based measure for cost-utility and health technology assessment in the Netherlands.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of meaning-centered group psychotherapy for cancer survivors (MCGP-CS) to improve personal meaning, compared with supportive group psychotherapy (SGP) and care as usual (CAU).
methodA total of 170 cancer survivors were randomly assigned to one of the three study arms: MCGP-CS (n = 57); SGP (n = 56); CAU (n = 57). The primary outcome measure was the Personal Meaning Profile (PMP; total score). Secondary outcome measures were subscales of the PMP, psychological well-being (Scales of Psychological Well-being; SPWB), post-traumatic growth (Posttraumatic Growth Inventory), Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC), optimism (Life Orientation Test-Revised), hopelessness (Beck's Hopelessness Scale), psychological distress (anxiety and depression, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HADS) and quality of life (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire; EORTC QLQ-C30). Outcome measures were assessed before randomization, post-intervention, and after 3 and 6 months of follow-up (FU).
resultsLinear mixed model analyses (intention-to-treat) showed significant differences between MCGP-CS, SGP and CAU on the total PMP score, and on (sub)scales of the PMP, SPWB, MAC and HADS. Post-hoc analyses showed significantly stronger treatment effects of MCGP-CS compared with CAU on personal meaning (d = 0.81), goal-orientedness (d = 1.07), positive relations (d = 0.59), purpose in life (d = 0.69); fighting spirit (d = 0.61) (post-intervention) and helpless/hopeless (d = -0.87) (3 months FU); and distress (d = -0.6) and depression (d = -0.38) (6 months FU). Significantly stronger effects of MCGP-CS compared with SGP were found on personal growth (d = 0.57) (3 months FU) and environmental mastery (d = 0.66) (6 months FU).
conclusionsMCGP-CS is an effective intervention for cancer survivors to improve personal meaning, psychological well-being and mental adjustment to cancer in the short term, and to reduce psychological distress in the long run.
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