Biological and Psychosocial Predictors of Psychological Functioning among African American Breast Cancer Survivors

California ranked within the top percentile among states that had the highest breast cancer mortality rates among African American women. To that end, the purpose of this dissertation was to gain an understanding of the breast cancer survivorship trajectory for African American women. The first arm utilized a qualitative approach to investigate the meaning of survivorship and utilization of resources among (n=155) African American breast cancer...