Trial reportPsycho-oncology2019
Social comparisons predict health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms across the first year of breast cancer treatment.
Trial report in Psycho-oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Randomized controlled trial of a breast cancer Survivor Stories intervention for African American women.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Trial
- Subjective socioeconomic status moderates the relationship between objective neighborhood disadvantage and quality of life in middle- and older-aged women with breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2026Article
- The Management of Current Stress (MOCS): Reliability and Invariance Testing of Perceived Stress Management Abilities among Patients with Cancer.International journal of stress management · 2025Article
- Considerations for developing supportive care interventions for survivors of head and neck cancer: A qualitative study.Psycho-oncology · 2022Article
- Distinct dyadic coping profiles in Chinese couples with breast cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Social Comparison and Stress Appraisal in Women with Chronic Illness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSocial comparisons (SCs) are common among cancer patients, but their prospective associations are not well understood. This study examined concurrent and prospective relationships of SCs with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and depressive symptoms during the first year of breast cancer treatment.
methodsNonmetastatic breast cancer patients (N = 240) enrolled in a larger intervention trial reported on the frequencies of SCs postsurgery (T1) and 6 months later (T2). HRQOL and depressive symptoms were assessed at T1, T2, and 12 months after T1 (T3). Path analysis via structural equation modeling was used to assess three models relating SCs to HRQOL and depressive symptoms from T1-T2, T1-T3, and T2-T3, controlling for stage of disease, intervention condition, and dispositional optimism.
resultsUpward contrast SCs were associated with poorer concurrent HRQOL at T1 and T2, and with more concurrent depressive symptoms at T2. However, upward contrast SC at T1 predicted better T2 and T3 HRQOL. Upward identification SC at T1 predicted more T2 depressive symptoms, and at T2 was associated with poorer concurrent HRQOL and more concurrent depressive symptoms. Downward identification SCs at T1 were associated with poorer concurrent HRQOL. Downward identification SCs at T2 predicted poorer T3 HRQOL.
conclusionsUpward SCs were related to compromised concurrent psychosocial well-being, but prospective effects varied by the interpretation of the comparison (ie, contrast vs identification). Findings have implications for the development and deployment of group-based psychosocial interventions during the early phases of survivorship, during which opportunities for SC are prevalent.
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