Goal Navigation, Approach-Oriented Coping, and Adjustment in Young Men with Testicular Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Cancer can challenge important life goals for young adult survivors. Poor goal navigation skills might disrupt self-regulation and interfere with coping efforts, particularly approach-oriented attempts. Two studies are presented that investigated relationships among goal navigation processes, approach-oriented coping, and adjustment (i.e., social, emotional, and functional well-being) in separate samples of young adults with testicular cancer.In study 1, in-depth interviews (N?=?21) were analyzed using thematic analysis to understand experiences of goal pursuit following cancer. In study 2, 171 men completed measures of goal navigation, coping, and adjustment to cancer.In study 1, three prominent themes emerged: goal clarification, goal engagement and disengagement, and responses to disrupted goals. Regression analyses in study 2 revealed that goal navigation skills were positively associated with emotional (B?=?.35, p?

SUBMITTER: Hoyt MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4935579 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature