Posttraumatic growth in breast cancer survivors: Are depressive symptoms really negative predictors?

Annunziata RomeoMarialaura Di TellaAda GhiggiaValentina TesioRiccardo TortaLorys Castelli

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2019)

The current results suggest that high levels of depressive symptoms, displayed at the time of cancer diagnosis, can be considered catalysts for PTG at follow-up, on condition that women experience elevated depressive symptoms only in the first period of the disease. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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