Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women. It is associated with multiple
symptoms in both patients and caregivers, such as stress, anxiety, depression, sleep …

Purpose Cancer caregivers experience health challenges related to their caregiving role,
and self-efficacy can contribute to health outcomes through behavioral, environmental, and …

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and
theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting …

Objective: Social support is associated with improved psychological distress in cancer
patients. This study investigates the impact of social support on Chinese lung cancer …

Objective Caregivers for patients with cancer have an integral role in maintaining patients'
health. Although patients and caregivers experience the impact of cancer individually …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to test two 2-month psychosocial interventions
(Telephone Interpersonal Counseling [TIPC] and Supportive Health Education [SHE]) to …

Objectives To describe caregiving and relationship challenges in cancer and the state of the
science of dyadic interventions that target survivors and caregivers. Data Sources Narrative …

Research in communication and other social science disciplines that relies on measuring
each member of a dyad on putative causes and effects can require complex analyses to …

Purpose Lung cancer as a stressful event profoundly impacts the entire family, especially
patients and their family caregivers. This study uses a dyadic analysis approach to explore …

Background Problems in affective and cognitive functioning are among the most common
concurrent symptoms that breast cancer patients report. Social relationships may provide …