Psychosocial distress and psychosocial resources in couples facing non-melanoma skin cancers and malignant melanoma.
Christina SauerCathrin UllerichElisabeth LivingstoneSefik TagayTill J BugajEva-Maria SkodaMartin TeufelDirk SchadendorfHans-Christoph FriederichPublished in: Journal of psychosocial oncology (2024)
The psychological interdependencies between patients' and spouses' depression and anxiety highlight the importance of considering psychological distress in patients with different skin cancers from a dyadic perspective in clinical contexts. Further, personal resources were indicated as a "distress buffer" for patients' mental health. Our results underline the importance of couple interventions that activate PR in patients with cancer and their spouses.