TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast Cancer Survivors' Contribution to Psychosocial Adjustment of Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients in a Computer-Mediated Social Support Group
AU - Moon, Tae Joon
AU - Chih, Ming Yuan
AU - Shah, Dhavan V.
AU - Yoo, Woohyun
AU - Gustafson, David H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - This study investigated the role of breast cancer survivors in a computer-mediated social support (CMSS) group for women with breast cancer. Applying a computer-aided content analytic method, the present study examined the differences in support provision between survivors and newly diagnosed patients. This study further investigated the impacts of survivor-provided social support on psychosocial adjustment of newly diagnosed patients. The results revealed that, compared with newly diagnosed patients, breast cancer survivors provided more emotional and informational support. Receiving emotional support from survivors contributed to an improvement in the quality of life and the depression of patients. The effects of survivor-provided informational support were not significant.
AB - This study investigated the role of breast cancer survivors in a computer-mediated social support (CMSS) group for women with breast cancer. Applying a computer-aided content analytic method, the present study examined the differences in support provision between survivors and newly diagnosed patients. This study further investigated the impacts of survivor-provided social support on psychosocial adjustment of newly diagnosed patients. The results revealed that, compared with newly diagnosed patients, breast cancer survivors provided more emotional and informational support. Receiving emotional support from survivors contributed to an improvement in the quality of life and the depression of patients. The effects of survivor-provided informational support were not significant.
KW - CMSS groups
KW - breast cancer survivor
KW - psychosocial adjustment
KW - social support
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U2 - 10.1177/1077699016687724
DO - 10.1177/1077699016687724
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020881722
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 94
SP - 486
EP - 514
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -
