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A retrospective study predicting psychological vulnerability in adult daughters of breast cancer patients.
Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare - 1 Sept 2012
Wellisch David K, Ormseth Sarah R, Hartoonian Narineh, Owen Jason E
Abstract excerpt
This study was an attempt to identify vulnerability factors in two cohorts of daughters of breast cancer patients. One cohort consisted of daughters whose mothers survived breast cancer and the other consisted of daughters whose mothers died from breast cancer. The results revealed significant main effects. Greater caretaking involvement was associated with higher levels of cancer-related grief. Maternal loss to...
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