Psychological adjustment to chronic disease

D De Ridder, R Geenen, R Kuijer, H Van Middendorp - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
This Review discusses physiological, emotional, behavioural, and cognitive aspects of
psychological adjustment to chronic illness. Reviewing the reports of the past decade, we …

Post-traumatic growth in people living with a serious medical condition and its relations to physical and mental health: A systematic review

T Barskova, R Oesterreich - Disability and rehabilitation, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose. The diagnosis of a life-threatening illness can be an extremely stressful, traumatic
experience. However, many survivors report also various positive changes, referred in …

Psychometric analysis of the brief symptom inventory 18 (BSI-18) in a representative German sample

GH Franke, S Jaeger, H Glaesmer, C Barkmann… - BMC medical research …, 2017 - Springer
Background The BSI-18 contains the three six-item scales somatization, depression, and
anxiety as well as the Global Severity Index (GSI), including all 18 items. The BSI-18 is the …

Posttraumatic growth, meaning in life, and life satisfaction in response to trauma.

KN Triplett, RG Tedeschi, A Cann… - … , practice, and policy, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
A model of the processes leading to posttraumatic growth and to life satisfaction following
exposure to trauma was tested. Two types of repeated thought, deliberate and intrusive …

A meta-analytic review of benefit finding and growth.

VS Helgeson, KA Reynolds… - Journal of consulting and …, 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
Interest in the phenomenon of perceived growth following highly stressful experiences
continues to proliferate. Already there is abundant evidence that perceptions of growth are …

A review of psychological correlates of adjustment in patients with multiple sclerosis

L Dennison, R Moss-Morris, T Chalder - Clinical psychology review, 2009 - Elsevier
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease which poses significant
psychological adjustment challenges. The purpose of this systematic review was to identify …

Benefit finding in the cancer caregiving experience

Y Kim, R Schulz, CS Carver - Psychosomatic medicine, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To characterize the domains of benefit finding in caregiving among close family
members of cancer survivors and to relate the domains of benefit finding in cancer …

Depression in multiple sclerosis: review and theoretical proposal

PA Arnett, FH Barwick, JE Beeney - Journal of the International …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Because of its high prevalence and implications for quality of life and possibly even disease
progression, depression has been intensively studied in multiple sclerosis (MS) over the …

Positive affect and meaning-focused coping during significant psychological stress

S Folkman, JT Moskowitz - The scope of social psychology …, 2007 - books.google.com
Stress and coping theory is organised around two important processes: appraisal and
coping (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). Appraisal refers to the individual's evaluation of the …

Mental health and coping in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Singapore: An examination of gender role in caring

KQP Ang, PR Loh - Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2019 - Springer
Research has supported the notion that gender plays a significant role in coping and mental
health outcome among parents of children with ASD. The current study aims to examine …