Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical
psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of …

Welcome to Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Seventh Edition). This
textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the growing field of health psychology. It is …

Simple Summary In addition to studies on the quality of life, hope, self-efficacy, and
unsatisfied needs, research on social support is a priority in the search for ways to cope with …

Cancer patients' quality of life (QoL) and distress are affected by dispositional factors such
as attachment anxiety or avoidance. In this review, we aimed to provide a thorough overview …

Objective The increasing numbers of breast cancer survivors highlight the importance of
delineating factors that identify women who are at risk of poor psychological adjustment in …

Background Felt security in close relationships may affect individual adaptation responses to
existential threat in severe illness. We examined the contribution of attachment security to …

Background. Close persons (informal caregivers) are the most important providers of
support indicated by cancer patients. Cancer affects couples as a codependent system. The …

Objective Attachment anxiety and avoidance are known risk factors for the development of
unmet needs and poor well-being among patients with chronic diseases. Few studies have …

Social support is the degree to which people are accepted by, cared for, and attended to by
important others and is one of the most popular constructs in the psychological canon. This …

Cancer is an interpersonal stressor affecting both patient and spouse. To examine the
pathways that insecure adult attachment can impact health outcomes by way of dyadic …