Post-traumatic Growth and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Breast Cancer Survivors

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 44 - 72, 31.12.2019

Zeynep Yanık Can , A.meltem Üstündağ-budak

https://doi.org/10.19148/ijhbs.653123

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine the mediating effect of rumination types in relationship with centrality of event and the path of posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among 40 breast cancer survivors aged between 29 and 79 (M = 47.33, SD = 9.32) from all around Turkey. The results of the current study revealed that deliberate rumination partially mediates the relationship between centrality of event and posttraumatic growth and the relationship between centrality of event and posttraumatic stress disorder. Moreover, the results of the current study revealed that intrusive rumination partially mediates the relationship between centrality of event and posttraumatic growth and the relationship between centrality of event and posttraumatic stress disorder.

Keywords

Centrality of event, traumatic stress, rumination, traumatic growth

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