Trial reportQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2020
Expressive writing intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder among Chinese American breast cancer survivors: the moderating role of social constraints.
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Reducing Psychological Burdens Among Chinese Breast Cancer Survivors
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of expressive writing disclosure on cancer and palliative care patients' health-related outcomes.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of expressive writing versus positive writing in different populations: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing open · 2023Pooled it
- A Decision Tree Analysis on Symptom Experience of Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors.Western journal of nursing research · 2023Trial
- Social prescribing for people recovering from treatment for cancer: a systematic scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Instrument for assessing social network support for women with breast cancer.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026Article
- Beyond survival: psychoneuroimmunology-driven cancer psychological rehabilitation-a paradigm shift from symptom management to biobehavioral remodeling.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Expressive writing interventions in patients with cancer: A scoping literature review.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- A Systematic Review of the Impact of Cancer Survivorship Interventions With Asian American Cancer Survivors.Asian American journal of psychology · 2024Article
- Risk Groups by the Needs for Help: Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2024Article
- Psychological interventions for cancer-related post-traumatic stress disorder: narrative review.BJPsych bulletin · 2024Review
- The Characteristics of Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors with Low Quality of Life: a Decision Tree Analysis.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023Article
- Moving beyond Table 1: A critical review of the literature addressing social determinants of health in chronic condition symptom cluster research.Nursing inquiry · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of an online support program to help female cancer patients manage their health and illness: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Profiles of social constraints and associated factors among breast cancer patients: a latent profile analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- A latent profile analysis to assess physical, cognitive and emotional symptom clusters in women with breast cancer.Psychology & health · 2022Article
- Health-related quality of life and social constraints among Chinese breast cancer patients: a cross-sectional study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2021Article
- Culture in Cancer Survivorship Interventions for Asian Americans: A Systematic Review and Critical Analyses.Asian American journal of psychology · 2021Article
- Social Constraints and PTSD among Chinese American breast cancer survivors: not all kinds of social support provide relief.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposePosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a significant condition among breast cancer survivors (BCSs). However, few intervention studies for cancer-related PTSD were conducted among Asian cancer survivors. We evaluated a culturally sensitive expressive writing intervention, which combined cognitive reappraisal and emotional disclosure, in reducing PTSD among Chinese American BCSs. We also tested social constraints (defined as social conditions when individuals feel misunderstood or alienated when they desire to disclose their thoughts and feelings) as a moderator.
methodsChinese American BCSs (n = 136) were randomly assigned to three groups with assigned writing topics for 3 weeks: a self-regulation group, which wrote about the deepest feelings related to cancer in week 1, cognitive reappraisal about stress and coping in week 2, and benefit finding in week 3; an enhanced self-regulation group, with the same instructions, except weeks 1 and 2 were reversed; and a cancer-fact group, which wrote about cancer experiences objectively for 3 weeks. PTSD symptoms were measured at baseline and 1-, 3-, and 6-month follow-ups. Social constraints were measured at baseline.
resultsBoth the self-regulation and enhanced self-regulation groups showed reduced PTSD symptoms compared to the cancer-fact group. For reexperiencing and hyperarousal symptoms, expressive writing was more effective for BCSs who experienced high vs. low levels of social constraints; the opposite was found for avoidance symptoms.
conclusionFindings demonstrated the effectiveness of expressive writing intervention in reducing PTSD for this minority population, and that the moderating role of survivors' social network varies among different PTSD symptom clusters. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02946619.
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