Loneliness as a mediator of the relationship of social cognitive variables with depressive symptoms and quality of life in lung cancer patients beginning treatment.
Kelly A HylandBrent J SmallJhanelle E GrayAlberto ChiapporiBen C CreelanTawee TanvetyanonAshley M NelsonJulie Cessna-PalasHeather S L JimPaul B JacobsenPublished in: Psycho-oncology (2019)
Beyond its direct impact on clinically relevant outcomes, the experience of loneliness may be a mechanism by which social cognitive factors influence depressive symptoms and quality of life in lung cancer patients.