Background: Breast cancer survivors can experience psychological distress, such as anxiety and depression, long after treatment has ended, and the development of such negative affective states has been related to the coping strategy used by the survivor. In addition, coping strategies can affect...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe the role of outcome expectancy in the use of cognitive-behavioral interventions and to test three variables (history of imagery use, preferred coping style, and perceived credibility of the imagery provider) as predictors of outcome expectancy regarding guided...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe children's worries when their mothers are newly diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. Design: Descriptive, qualitative study. Setting: Private family homes. Sample: Case intensive interviews with 16 children who ranged in age from 11-18 years at the time that...