TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived partner reactions to diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer
T2 - Impact on psychosocial and psychosexual adjustment
AU - Wimberly, Sarah R.
AU - Carver, Charles S.
AU - Laurenceau, Jean Philippe
AU - Harris, Suzanne D.
AU - Antoni, Michael H.
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - Two studies examined breast cancer patients' perceptions of their partners' reactions to their diagnosis and treatment as influences on 3 aspects of patients' well-being: psychosexual adjustment, emotional distress, and marital satisfaction. Study 1, cross-sectional, indicated that partner initiation of sex, frequency of sex, a positive 1st sexual experience after treatment, and especially perception of the partner's emotional involvement in the relationship, were relevant to these outcomes. Study 2, longitudinal, confirmed many of these findings in prospective tests across 1 year of recovery after surgery. Partner involvement prospectively predicted all 3 outcomes. Partner initiation of sex predicted greater marital satisfaction; partner adverse reaction to the scar predicted less marital satisfaction. Rated quality of the 1st sexual experience after treatment predicted less distress. The pattern suggests that women's impressions of their partners' emotional involvement after surgery for breast cancer forecast their adjustment in sexual, marital, and emotional arenas over the following year.
AB - Two studies examined breast cancer patients' perceptions of their partners' reactions to their diagnosis and treatment as influences on 3 aspects of patients' well-being: psychosexual adjustment, emotional distress, and marital satisfaction. Study 1, cross-sectional, indicated that partner initiation of sex, frequency of sex, a positive 1st sexual experience after treatment, and especially perception of the partner's emotional involvement in the relationship, were relevant to these outcomes. Study 2, longitudinal, confirmed many of these findings in prospective tests across 1 year of recovery after surgery. Partner involvement prospectively predicted all 3 outcomes. Partner initiation of sex predicted greater marital satisfaction; partner adverse reaction to the scar predicted less marital satisfaction. Rated quality of the 1st sexual experience after treatment predicted less distress. The pattern suggests that women's impressions of their partners' emotional involvement after surgery for breast cancer forecast their adjustment in sexual, marital, and emotional arenas over the following year.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-006X.73.2.300
DO - 10.1037/0022-006X.73.2.300
M3 - Article
C2 - 15796638
AN - SCOPUS:15944385242
SN - 0022-006X
VL - 73
SP - 300
EP - 311
JO - Journal of Consulting Psychology
JF - Journal of Consulting Psychology
IS - 2
ER -
