Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7268372 | Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science | 2017 | 23 Pages |
Abstract
Haematological cancer survivors have on-going supportive care needs that persist well beyond the end of active treatment. Unmet needs can, in turn, increase levels of anxiety and depression, and reduce quality of life in this patient group. The understanding offered by our data that psychological flexibility plays a moderating relationship between need and psychological distress creates opportunities for the development of theoretically-informed interventions to reduce both unmet need and distress in cancer patients. As such, these findings support the growing emphasis on Acceptance and Commitment based interventions for cancer patients.
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Authors
Brooke Swash, Ros Bramwell, Nicholas J. Hulbert-Williams,