Understanding the roles of patient symptoms and subjective appraisals in well-being among breast cancer patients

To examine the roles of both patient symptoms, and subjective appraisals of stress (self-efficacy, symptom barriers, symptom distress), in understanding well-being (anxiety, depression, cancer-specific quality of life, mental health quality of life, and physical health quality of life) in breast cancer patients. We examined data from 104 female breast cancer patients. Using a stress process model, we hypothesized that while high levels of...