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“Fear Has Big Eyes”: Illness Perception, Fear of Recurrence and Generalized Anxiety in Post-Treatment Thoracic Cancer Patients: A Serial Multi-Mediation Analysis

2026-01-28

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<h4>Background: </h4> /Objectives: Illness perception plays a central role in psychological adjustment in cancer patients. However, its effects on post-treatment thoracic cancer pa-tients, particularly regarding fear of recurrence and generalized anxiety, remain under-studied; further research is especially needed to examine their mediational paths. This study aimed to examine the mediating roles of meaning-making...

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DOI: 10.20944/preprints202601.2040.v1

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