TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping among African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White women recently treated for early stage breast cancer
AU - Culver, Jenifer L.
AU - Arena, Patricia L.
AU - Wimberly, Sarah R.
AU - Antoni, Michael H.
AU - Carver, Charles S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Data collection was supported by grant CA-64710 from the National Cancer Institute and training grant J4236-DAMD1794 from the Department of Defense. Preparation of the article was also facilitated by grant CA78995 from the National Cancer Institute. We are grateful to the staff of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and to Dr. Robert P. Derhagopian and Dr. Silvio Garcia, who made data collection possible. We are also grateful to the participants who shared their experiences with us.
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - Relatively little is known about how members of minority groups cope with experiences such as diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer - in particular, whether coping patterns among minorities differ from that of the majority. This study adds to the existing knowledge base using a cross-sectional sample of middle-class African-American (n = 26), Hispanic (n = 59), and non-Hispanic White women (n= 151) who had been treated for early stage breast cancer in the past year. We tested for differences in coping responses per se and also for the possibility that coping would relate to distress differently in different groups. There were only two differences in coping (controlling for medical variables, education, and distress): compared to non-Hispanic White women, the other two groups both reported using humor-based coping less, and religion-based coping more. There was one difference in how coping related to distress: venting related more strongly to elevated distress among Hispanic than among non-Hispanics. Discussion centers on a growing consensus on ethnic differences in religious and humor-based coping, and on the relative absence of other coping differences among these populations.
AB - Relatively little is known about how members of minority groups cope with experiences such as diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer - in particular, whether coping patterns among minorities differ from that of the majority. This study adds to the existing knowledge base using a cross-sectional sample of middle-class African-American (n = 26), Hispanic (n = 59), and non-Hispanic White women (n= 151) who had been treated for early stage breast cancer in the past year. We tested for differences in coping responses per se and also for the possibility that coping would relate to distress differently in different groups. There were only two differences in coping (controlling for medical variables, education, and distress): compared to non-Hispanic White women, the other two groups both reported using humor-based coping less, and religion-based coping more. There was one difference in how coping related to distress: venting related more strongly to elevated distress among Hispanic than among non-Hispanics. Discussion centers on a growing consensus on ethnic differences in religious and humor-based coping, and on the relative absence of other coping differences among these populations.
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U2 - 10.1080/08870440310001652669
DO - 10.1080/08870440310001652669
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1642317437
SN - 0887-0446
VL - 19
SP - 157
EP - 166
JO - Psychology and Health
JF - Psychology and Health
IS - 2
ER -
