BACKGROUND: Husbands of women with breast cancer may experience adjustment difficulties. We examined psychosocial predictors of husbands' adjustment to their wives' breast cancer 3 months following diagnosis. METHODS: Women (N = 45) with Stage I or II breast cancer who were 3 months postdiagnosis and their husbands completed measures of adjustment, coping, marital adjustment, and quality of life. RESULTS: Multiple regression analyses showed husbands' avoidant coping and wives' adjustment accounted for approximately 54% of the variance in husbands' adjustment. CONCLUSIONS: Further research on predictors of husbands' adjustment following wives' diagnoses of breast cancer is needed to inform intervention efforts.
BACKGROUND: Husbands of women with breast cancer may experience adjustment difficulties. We examined psychosocial predictors of husbands' adjustment to their wives' breast cancer 3 months following diagnosis. METHODS:Women (N = 45) with Stage I or II breast cancer who were 3 months postdiagnosis and their husbands completed measures of adjustment, coping, marital adjustment, and quality of life. RESULTS: Multiple regression analyses showed husbands' avoidant coping and wives' adjustment accounted for approximately 54% of the variance in husbands' adjustment. CONCLUSIONS: Further research on predictors of husbands' adjustment following wives' diagnoses of breast cancer is needed to inform intervention efforts.
Authors: Silvia M Bigatti; Christina D Wagner; Jennifer R Lydon-Lam; Jennifer L Steiner; Kathy D Miller Journal: Support Care Cancer Date: 2010-03-10 Impact factor: 3.603