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Stress Management Skill (stress + management_skill)

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Relationship of stress management skill to psychological distress and quality of life in adults with cancer,

PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, Issue 1 2010
Leigh Anne Faul
Abstract Background: Distress is common among cancer patients, especially those undergoing chemotherapy. Although skill in stress management is often the target of intervention efforts, its relationship to distress and quality of life in patients about to begin cancer treatment has not been examined. Objective: To examine the relationship of pre-treatment skill in stress management to patient distress and quality of life. Methods: One hundred and ten adults diagnosed with stage I,IV cancer and ECOG,2 provided data on perceived stress management skill, anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life prior to their initial chemotherapy infusion. Results: As predicted, greater skill in stress management was associated with lower levels of anxiety and depression and better overall mental quality of life. These relationships were generally independent of demographic and clinical variables also found to be associated with distress and quality of life. Conclusions: Findings confirm that skill in stress management is related to pre-chemotherapy distress and quality of life and suggest the importance of assessing this variable as part of efforts to link distressed patients to appropriate psychosocial services. Findings also raise the possibility that assessing extant stress management skills could be used to match patients to the type of intervention most likely to benefit them. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Coverage of Adolescent Substance Use Prevention in State Frameworks for Health Education

JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, Issue 9 2001
David Wyrick MPH
ABSTRACT: Ten secondary health education state curriculum frameworks were reviewed for their inclusion of 12 mediators commonly used to prevent adolescent substance use. Specific aims of the investigation were: a) to identify the extent to which the 12 mediators were found in each framework; and b) to identify those frameworks that included Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) sections and determine to what extent the 12 mediators were found in those sections. A panel of three researchers independently reviewed each framework. Beliefs about consequences, decision-making skills, and stress management skills were identified most often while commitment, lifestyle incongruence, and normative beliefs were identified least often. Among states that included ATOD sections, beliefs about consequences and resistance skills were the most commonly identified mediators. Commitment, goal setting, and normative beliefs were not identified in any ATOD sections. Research in prevention and implications for health education are discussed. [source]

Relationship of stress management skill to psychological distress and quality of life in adults with cancer,

PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, Issue 1 2010
Leigh Anne Faul
Abstract Background: Distress is common among cancer patients, especially those undergoing chemotherapy. Although skill in stress management is often the target of intervention efforts, its relationship to distress and quality of life in patients about to begin cancer treatment has not been examined. Objective: To examine the relationship of pre-treatment skill in stress management to patient distress and quality of life. Methods: One hundred and ten adults diagnosed with stage I,IV cancer and ECOG,2 provided data on perceived stress management skill, anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life prior to their initial chemotherapy infusion. Results: As predicted, greater skill in stress management was associated with lower levels of anxiety and depression and better overall mental quality of life. These relationships were generally independent of demographic and clinical variables also found to be associated with distress and quality of life. Conclusions: Findings confirm that skill in stress management is related to pre-chemotherapy distress and quality of life and suggest the importance of assessing this variable as part of efforts to link distressed patients to appropriate psychosocial services. Findings also raise the possibility that assessing extant stress management skills could be used to match patients to the type of intervention most likely to benefit them. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]