A COMPARISON OF COGNITIVE APPRAISAL, COPING, COPING RESOURCES AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONING AMONG BLACK AND WHITE WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER (BLACK WOMEN).
Contributors: Bryn Mawr College, The Grad. Sch. Of Social Work And Social Research.
Published: 1996
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Social Work.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.; Women's Studies.; Black Studies.
Description: This comparative study examined the appraisal, coping, coping resources, and social functioning of black and white women with breast cancer. Data were collected over the course of one year, from 1994 to 1995, in the Radiation Oncology Department of a large urban hospital. The sample consisted of 102 women, 41 of whom were black and 61 of whom were white. Structured interviews were conducted on women who were currently receiving radiation therapy or finished their treatment. In addition to sociodemographic and medical information, standardized instruments were used to obtain data on social functioning, religiousness, coping strategies, health locus of control, appraisal, use of music and social support. The results suggest that race affects not only the mortality and survival of women with breast cancer but also their social functioning, use of religion, and health locus of control.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04, Section: A, page: 1862.

Thesis (PH.D.)--BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, THE GRAD. SCH. OF SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL RESEARCH, 1996.

School code: 0062.