Psychological adjustment among male partners in response to women's breast/ovarian cancer risk: a theoretical review of the literature

KA Sherman, NA Kasparian… - Psycho‐Oncology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: For women at high risk of developing hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer the
process of undergoing genetic testing is anxiety provoking and stressful, entailing difficult …

Psychological adjustment among partners of women at high risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer

S Mireskandari, KA Sherman, B Meiser, AJ Taylor… - Genetics in …, 2007 - nature.com
Purpose: The aim of the current research was to characterize psychological adjustment
among partners of women at high risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer and to explore …

Coping with breast cancer from the perspectives of husbands and wives

JT Ptacek, JJ Ptacek, KL Dodge - Journal of Psychosocial …, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
In a cross-sectional study, 36 breast cancer patients and their husbands provided
information about how each recalled coping with stress during a course of radiation therapy …

Predictors of relationship adjustment among couples coping with a high risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer

KJ Watts, KA Sherman, S Mireskandari… - Psychology & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the association between supportive and collaborative processes and
dyadic adjustment in 94 women at increased risk of breast/ovarian cancer and their partners …

Evaluation of the needs and concerns of partners of women at high risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer

S Mireskandari, B Meiser, K Sherman… - … Oncology: Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This exploratory study investigates the experience of partners of women at high risk of
developing breast/ovarian cancer and reports on the partners' views concerning their …

The influence of relational factors on men's adjustment to their partners' newly-diagnosed breast cancer

B Feldman, CA Broussard - Journal of psychosocial oncology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Steadily rising breast cancer rates in America's women are forcing more men to confront
challenges of living with a partner afflicted with this disease. This study assesses teh impact …

Marital adaptation and interaction of couples after a mastectomy

RE Carter, CA Carter, M Siliunas - Journal of Psychosocial …, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
This study explored the marital adjustment and interactional patterns of married couples two
to three years after the wife had undergone a single mastectomy for Stage I or I1 breast …

Couples' adjustment to breast cancer and benign breast disease: A longitudinal analysis

LL Northouse, T Templin, D Mood… - … ‐Oncology: Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive comparison of couples' adjustment to benign (n= 73 couples) and
malignant breast disease (n= 58 couples) at the time of diagnosis and at two follow‐up …

Partner social constraints and early-stage breast cancer: Longitudinal associations with psychosexual adjustment.

EC Soriano, AK Otto, SD Siegel… - Journal of Family …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Women with breast cancer (BC) who perceive social constraints on their disclosure of
cancer-related concerns are more likely to experience distress and have difficulty adjusting …

Distress and the parenting dynamic among BRCA1/2 tested mothers and their partners.

D Mays, TA DeMarco, G Luta, BN Peshkin… - Health …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: To investigate the influence of dyadic parenting relationships on psychological
distress among mothers tested for BRCA1/2 genetic mutations and their untested partners …