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

ABSTRACT:

Background

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.

Methods

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.

Results

In study 1, three prominent themes emerged: goal clarification, goal en

SUBMITTER: Hoyt MA 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature