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. 2017 Jun;6(2):363-366.
doi: 10.1089/jayao.2016.0069. Epub 2017 Jan 27.

Cancer-Related Worry and Physical Well-Being in the Context of Perceived Stress in Young Adults with Testicular Cancer

Katie Darabos  1   2 , Michael A Hoyt  1   2
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Cancer-Related Worry and Physical Well-Being in the Context of Perceived Stress in Young Adults with Testicular Cancer

Katie Darabos et al. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2017 Jun.

Abstract

Uncertainty associated with cancer can foster future-focused worry and ultimately diminish physical well-being, especially among young adult survivors. Stress perceptions might exacerbate the association of worry and physical well-being. Young adults with testicular cancer (N = 171) completed measures of physical well-being, perceived stress, and future cancer-related worry. Perceived stress and future worry were both negatively associated with physical well-being. Perceived stress moderated the relationship; more perceived stress was related to lower physical well-being in those with high worry. Interventions aimed at worry reduction might benefit from reducing global stress perceptions.

Keywords: perceived stress; physical well-being; testicular cancer; uncertainty; worry.

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Perceived stress and future worry on indicators of physical well-being. Note: Simple slopes for the association between future worry and physical well-being were tested for low (−1 SD lower than the mean), average (mean), and high (+1 SD higher than the mean) levels of perceived stress. Dashed line indicates nonsignificant simple slopes.
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