Abstract

HERNANDEZ MORENO, Fresia Paloma  and  LANDERO HERNANDEZ, René. Psychosocial Aspects Related with PTSD in Patients with Breast Cancer. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2015, vol.5, n.1, pp.1881-1891. ISSN 2007-4719.

The aim of the study was analyze the relationship of stress, depression and coping strategies with PTSD in a sample of patients with breast cancer. With a nonrandom sample of 52 women with breast cancer. The results indicate a relationship between PTSD and stress (r = .344, p = .014), PTSD and depression (rs = .346, p = .013), PTSD and cognitive avoidance (r = .437, p = .001), PTSD and hopelessness (rs = .437, p = .001) and the anxious concern with PTSD (rs =. 581, p = .001). The predictors of PTSD were stress, depression, cognitive avoidance and hopelessness, explaining 43.9% of the variance.

Keywords : PTSD; Depression; Stress; Coping; Breast Cancer.