Coping with prostate cancer : A meta-analytic review

• Published in: Journal of behavioral medicine Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 281 - 293
• Main Authors: ROESCH, Scott C, ADAMS, Linda, HINES, Amanda, PALMORES, Alan, VYAS, Pearlin, TRAN, Cindy, PEKIN, Shannon, VAUGHN, Allison A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Springer 01.06.2005; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adjustment; Anxiety; Biological and medical sciences; Comorbidity; Coping; Erectile dysfunction; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Illness and personality; Illness, stress and coping; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical sciences; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Prostate cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology; Psychology and medicine; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Quality of life; Tumors of the urinary system; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Prostate disease; Disease; Anxiety disorder; Male; Cognition; Review; Metaanalysis; Self esteem; Coping; Male genital diseases; Mood disorder; Human; Urinary system disease; Attitude; meta-analysis; Depression; Emotion emotionality; Malignant tumor; Stress; Quality of life; Symptomatology; Psychological distress; Problem solving; adjustment; cancer; Prostate cancer; Comparative study; Somatic disease

The present meta-analytic review assessed the relations between coping categories and indices of adjustment in men with prostate cancer. Relevant methodological and statistical information was extracted from 33 target studies (n = 3,133 men with prostate cancer). Men with prostate cancer who used ap...