Breast Cancer and Psychosocial Factors: Early Stressful Life Events, Social Support, and Well-Being

2008 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 407-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karni Ginzburg ◽  
Margaret Wrensch ◽  
Terri Rice ◽  
Georgianna Farren ◽  
David Spiegel
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stressful Life

scholarly journals Stressful life events among incarcerated women and men: Association with depression, loneliness, hopelessness, and suicidality

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly E. Moore ◽  
Shania Siebert ◽  
Garrett Brown ◽  
Julia Felton ◽  
Jennifer E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background Justice-involved populations report a higher than average number of pre-incarceration stressful life events. However, few studies have described stressful life events which occur during incarceration, explored gender differences in these events, or evaluated the effect of these events on well-being. Method This study draws from a sample of male and female adults incarcerated in 6 prison facilities across two states (n = 160) to identify the number and type of stressful life events they experienced during incarceration, gender differences in stressful events, and the relationship between stressful life events and markers of well-being (i.e., depression, hopelessness, loneliness, suicidality). We also examined whether perceived social support would buffer the relationship between stressful events and well-being outcomes. Results Participants on average reported experiencing 4 stressful life events during their current incarceration, the most common being relocation to another cell and being made fun of/insulted by someone in the prison. There were few gender differences in types of events experienced. Regression analyses showed that stressful life events were associated with more loneliness, as well as suicidality, but only when participants had low perceived social support. Conclusions Stressful life events, and drawing on social support networks to cope with stress, should be addressed in the context of correctional treatments to reduce suicide risk during incarceration.

Emotional Self-Efficacy, Stressful Life Events, and Satisfaction with Social Support in Relation to Mood Disturbance among Women Living with Breast Cancer in Rural Communities

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oxana Gronskaya Palesh ◽  
Tani Shaffer ◽  
Jeanne Larson ◽  
Sidney Edsall ◽  
Xin-Hua Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Mood Disturbance ◽  
Stressful Life

scholarly journals Social support as a buffer to the psychological impact of stressful life events in women with breast cancer

Cancer ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice B. Kornblith ◽  
James E. Herndon ◽  
Enid Zuckerman ◽  
Catherine M. Viscoli ◽  
Ralph I. Horwitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Stressful Life

scholarly journals Life Stressors, Emotional Avoidance and Breast Cancer

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 522-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violeta Cardenal ◽  
Margarita Ortiz-Tallo ◽  
Isabel Martín Frías ◽  
Joaquina Martínez Lozano
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Trait Anger ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Subjective Distress ◽  
Emotional Avoidance

Two groups of women were assessed in psychological aspects considered by some authors of interest for personal well-being. The sample consisted of 118 women, 58 diagnosed with breast cancer and 60 healthy women, of similar ages and personal circumstances. The purpose of the study was: (a) to explore the existence of stressful life events in the women's history and their degree of subjective distress and (b) to determine whether or not there is an emotional avoidance style in the group of women with breast cancer. The following assessment instruments were employed: the “Cuestionario de Formas de Afrontamiento” (CEA), the Five-Factor Inventory NEO-PI-R, and the State-Trait Anger Inventory (STAXI). The results revealed more stressful vital events in the last two years in the group of women with breast cancer and significant differences in the degree of current distress. They also obtained higher scores in current anger, resignation, and neuroticism.

scholarly journals Stressful Life Events and Subjective Well-Being in Vocational School Female Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Depression and the Moderating Role of Perceived Social Support

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingkun Ouyang ◽  
Danni Gui ◽  
Xiao Cai ◽  
Yulong Yin ◽  
Xiaoling Mao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Subjective Well Being

Stressful life events and subjective well-being are negatively related, but there is little research in the current literature exploring the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this association, especially for female adolescents in vocational schools who are subjected to undesirable life events. In the present study, we examined the mediating role of depression in the association between stressful life events and female adolescents’ subjective well-being, as well as the moderating role of perceived social support in the direct and indirect relations involved. The participants were 1,096 vocational school female adolescents, who completed the questionnaires regarding stressful life events, subjective well-being, depression, and perceived social support. The results showed that depression partially mediated the relation between stressful life events and subjective well-being. Importantly, perceived social support moderated the direct link between stressful life events and subjective well-being, and the indirect link between stressful life events and depression, but not the indirect link between depression and subjective well-being. Especially, female adolescents high in perceived social support displayed higher levels of subjective well-being and lower levels of depression in facing with stressful life events than those low in perceived social support. These findings highlight the mechanisms underlying the relationship between stressful life events and subjective well-being in vocational school female adolescents.

What is first? Stressful life events, negative well-being or sickness absenteeism?

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. van Vuuren ◽  
S. van der Heuvel ◽  
S. Andriessen ◽  
P. Smulders ◽  
P. Bongers
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Sickness Absenteeism

Integration of Stressful Life Events and Well-Being Among College Students

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guler Boyraz ◽  
Victoria A. Felix ◽  
Lisa K. Battle ◽  
John B. Waits ◽  
Danita D. Wynes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stressful Life

The Impact of Stressful Life Events and Social Support on Drinking among Older Adults: A General Population Survey

1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen M. Jennison
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
The Impact

This article is an analysis of stressful life events, the buffering hypothesis, and alcohol use in a national sample of 1,418 respondents 60 years of age and over. The results indicate that older adults who experience stressful losses are significantly more likely to drink excessively than those who have not experienced such losses or who have experienced them to a lesser extent. Increased drinking among older adults may therefore be a reaction to life circumstances in which alcohol represents an attempt to cope with traumatic loss, personal as well as within the kinship network. Supportive resources of spouse, family, friends, and church appear to have a stress-buffering effects that reduces the excessive-drinking response to life crisis. Data suggest, however, that older persons are vulnerable to the magnitude of losses experienced as they grow older and lose more of their family, friends, and peers. These stressors appear to seriously impact their drinking behavior and are not effectively buffered. Respondents report that drinking may increase during periods of prolonged exposure to emotionally depleting life change and loss, when supportive needs may exceed the capacities of personal and social support resources.

The Effect of Stressful Life Events and Transitions on Family Functioning and Well-Being

1987 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoav Lavee ◽  
Hamilton I. McCubbin ◽  
David H. Olson
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stressful Life
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