ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2022
Existential Insights in Cancer: Meaning in Life Adaptability.
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- Social relationship challenges perceived by cancer patients and survivors: a qualitative meta-synthesis.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Cancer patients' perceptions of the meaning in life: a qualitative meta-synthesis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of Spiritual Care Education on Leukemia Patients' Post-traumatic Growth and Resilience in Iran: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of religion and health · 2026Trial
- Values and wishes at the end of life among women with advanced cancer: An analysis using the Go Wish Cards Game.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- Latent transition analysis of resilience in breast cancer patients and its association with sense of meaning in life: a longitudinal follow - up study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Quality of life in breast cancer survivors: An ambiguous loss perspective.Journal of family theory & review · 2025Article
- Movement Between Suffering and Health-Experience of Health During Long-Term Illness.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Article
- Psychosocial Correlates of Death Anxiety in Advanced Cancer: A Scoping Review.Psycho-oncology · 2025Article
- Critical Issues for Patients and Caregivers in Neuro-Oncology during the COVID-19 Pandemic: What We Have Learnt from an Observational Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Observational
- Cancer patients' perceptions of the meaning in life: a protocol for a meta-synthesis of qualitative research.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Exploring the Holistic Needs of People Living with Cancer in Care Homes: An Integrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Exploring the experience of meaning-centered group psychotherapy among Chinese cancer patients during active treatment: a descriptive qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Meaning in life, meaning-making and posttraumatic growth in cancer patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Previous research demonstrated that the cancer diagnosis and treatment evoke existential concerns, especially ones related to meaning in life and meaning-making processes. The cancer experience is a vital challenge that often entails changes in what is personally important in life. Firstly, this paper collects evidence supporting that meaning adaptability, the way people adapt their meaning in life to the cancer experience, is a central element in the mental health of cancer patients. Various theories that could account for this meaning adaptability are introduced. Secondly, the paper provides a compilation of studies showing how people change what is significant in their lives within the course of cancer. Finally, the paper presents the available psychological therapies directed to facilitate meaning adaptability in this population. Meaning-centered interventions have been demonstrated to be effective in alleviating the suffering related to the cancer experience and promoting personal growth.
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