Enhancing coping skills for persons with cancer utilizing mastery enhancement: a pilot randomized clinical trial.
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| Title: | Enhancing coping skills for persons with cancer utilizing mastery enhancement: a pilot randomized clinical trial. |
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| Authors: | Nairn, Raymond C., Merluzzi, Thomas V. |
| Source: | Journal of Behavioral Medicine. Jun2019, Vol. 42 Issue 3, p423-439. 17p. 2 Diagrams, 6 Charts, 1 Graph. |
| Subjects: | Diagnosis of mental depression, Tumor treatment, Adaptability (Personality), Brief psychotherapy, Cancer patient psychology, Life skills, Quality of life, Self-efficacy, Self-evaluation, Pilot projects, Randomized controlled trials, Treatment effectiveness, Treatment duration |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this project was to develop a short-term, theory-based intervention for patients with self-reported limited self-efficacy to perform coping behaviors. Cancer patients with low coping self-efficacy were randomly assigned to a treatment (N = 66) or control condition (N = 68). The treatment, Mastery Enhancement Therapy, was based on self-regulation and self-efficacy theories. Measures of coping self-efficacy, functional status, depression, quality of life, and adjustment were administered at baseline, after session two, after the final (fourth) session, and at 3 months post-treatment. Control participants completed the measures at about the same time intervals. Treatment participants reported highly significant immediate post-treatment improvement in self-efficacy for coping compared to controls, although controls improved by 3 months post-treatment. However, treatment participants with lower levels of functional status benefited more than controls on depression and adjustment at follow-up. Mastery Enhancement Therapy is a time-limited treatment that increases coping efficacy and subsequently adjustment during active medical treatment, and appears to warrant a large-scale RCT with patients with below average coping self-efficacy and moderate to high symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this project was to develop a short-term, theory-based intervention for patients with self-reported limited self-efficacy to perform coping behaviors. Cancer patients with low coping self-efficacy were randomly assigned to a treatment (N = 66) or control condition (N = 68). The treatment, Mastery Enhancement Therapy, was based on self-regulation and self-efficacy theories. Measures of coping self-efficacy, functional status, depression, quality of life, and adjustment were administered at baseline, after session two, after the final (fourth) session, and at 3 months post-treatment. Control participants completed the measures at about the same time intervals. Treatment participants reported highly significant immediate post-treatment improvement in self-efficacy for coping compared to controls, although controls improved by 3 months post-treatment. However, treatment participants with lower levels of functional status benefited more than controls on depression and adjustment at follow-up. Mastery Enhancement Therapy is a time-limited treatment that increases coping efficacy and subsequently adjustment during active medical treatment, and appears to warrant a large-scale RCT with patients with below average coping self-efficacy and moderate to high symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 01607715 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10865-018-0004-y |
