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Background:

Husbands of patients with breast cancer (HBCs) experience as much as or even more distress than patients. Husbands' coping strategies may predict their level of distress.

Objective:

The present study examined the coping strategies of HBCs compared with husbands of women without cancer (HWCs) and the relationship between coping and various psychosocial variables.

Methods:

Psychosocial and physical health correlates of coping in both groups were assessed. Husbands of women with breast cancer (n= 83) and without breast cancer (n= 79) completed self-report questionnaires including the Ways of Coping Questionnaire, the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, the Subjective Stress Scale, the Satisfaction With Life Scale, and the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test, in addition to measures of burden.

Results:

The HBC and HWC groups were significantly different for 6 of the 8 …