OBJECTIVE: The present study sought to identify mediators underlying the effects of an education and a peer support intervention for @entity1 with @entity0 and to determine if the efficacy of a peer support intervention is moderated by @entity5 severity. METHODS: @entity1 included 180 @entity1 with early stage (I or II) and 65 @entity1 with late stage (IV) @entity0 . The study was originally planned as a 2 (early stage, late stage)   *   3 (education intervention, peer support intervention, control condition) design; however, the education condition for the late stage @entity5 group was dropped, because of slow recruitment. @entity1 completed measures of well-being prior to being randomized (Time 1), then again 2  weeks after the group meetings ended (Time 2), and 6 months later (Time 3). RESULTS: Among the @entity1 who had attended at least one group meeting, the education intervention predicted more life purpose and marginally predicted more perceived physical health at Time 2. The peer support intervention predicted more life purpose and less @entity308 symptoms at Time 2. @entity5 severity did not moderate these effects. The effect of the peer support intervention on @entity308 symptoms was mediated by life purpose. None of the intervention effects were evident at Time 3. CONCLUSIONS: Peer support interventions have positive short-term effects on well-being, among @entity1 with late and early stage @entity0 , and these effects are partially mediated by changes in life purpose. Education interventions have positive short-term effects on well-being among @entity1 with early stage @entity0 . Copyright    2015 John Wiley _ Sons, Ltd.

Randomized psychosocial interventions for XXXX : impact on life purpose.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'patients', 'Participants'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer', 'Cancer'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depressive']
@entity0 :: (MESH:D001943,Disease) :: ['breast cancer']
