Posttraumatic Stress Among Women With Breast Cancer and Their Daughters: Relationship With Daughters' Breast Cancer Screening

Authors: Boyer, Bret¹; Cantor, Roseanne²

Source: American Journal of Family Therapy, Volume 33, Number 5, October-December 2005 , pp. 443-460(18)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Cancer-related posttraumatic stress (PTS) in women with breast cancer, perceived risk of cancer in these women's daughters, and daughters' PTS related to their mothers' breast cancer were tested for relationships to daughters' breast self-examination (BSE) and mammography activity. Daughters' mammography frequency was related to her own PTS, but not to her perceived risk or her mothers' PTS. In contrast, daughters who overperformed BSE had mothers reporting significantly greater PTS than those performing BSE at recommended rates or underperforming BSE. Daughters' BSE and mammography frequency were not correlated. Differing demands related to BSE and mammography, and their relationship to different distress variables are discussed.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01926180500290480

Affiliations: 1: Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University; The Family Health Psychology Center 2: Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University

Publication date: 2005-10-01

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