Does interpretation bias moderate the relationship between pain and fear of cancer recurrence?

Autor: Poorva Pradhan, Louise Sharpe, Phyllis Butow, Daelin Coutts-Bain, Lauren Charlotte Heathcote
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Pradhan, P, Sharpe, L, Butow, P, Coutts-Bain, D & Heathcote, L C 2022, ' Does Interpretation Bias Moderate the Relationship Between Pain and Fear of Cancer Recurrence? ', Health Psychology, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 874-883 . https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001217
ISSN: 1930-7810
0278-6133
Popis: Objective: The Cancer Threat Interpretation model proposes that clinically significant fear of cancer recurrence/progression (FCR/P) can occur when people misinterpret ambiguous physical symptoms as a sign of recurrence. The aim of this research is to test whether interpretation biases moderate the relationship between pain and FCR/P in women with breast cancer, as predicted. Method: One hundred forty-seven women with breast cancer completed questionnaire measures of demographic and medical information, FCR/P, interpretation bias, and symptom burden, as well as other known predictors of FCR/P. Results: Women with clinically significant levels of FCR/P were more likely to interpret ambiguous words as health-related and experienced more pain than women with levels of FCR/P in the nonclinical range. FCR was associated with both pain (r =.40, p
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