A Biopsychosocial Study of the Mammography Pain Experiences of Breast Cancer Survivors

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Keefe, Francis J

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Scipio, Cindy Dawn

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2011-03-08T20:01:00Z

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2011-03-08T20:01:00Z

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2009

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Psychology and Neuroscience

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Based on a biopsychosocial model of mammography pain, the current study assessed if specific biological and psychosocial factors were associated with higher reported mammography pain in early stage breast cancer survivors. One hundred and twenty-seven women completed questionnaires assessing demographic information, cancer treatment history, ongoing breast pain, mammography-related anxiety, and social support immediately prior to receiving a mammogram. They then completed questionnaires assessing mammography pain and mammography-related pain catastrophizing immediately following the mammogram. Using path modeling and mediation analyses, relations among these variables were examined. Results revealed that mammography-related pain catastrophizing was related to higher mammography pain directly, while ongoing breast pain, lower social support quantity, and lower perceived quality of social support related to higher mammography pain indirectly through mammography-related pain catastrophizing. Moderated mediation analyses found that the mediation effects of mammography-related pain catastrophizing were significantly different at varying levels of perceived quality of social support, with more pronounced negative effects for those with higher quality support than those with lower quality support. The theoretical, clinical, and research implications of these findings are discussed.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/3196

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Clinical psychology

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biopsychosocial

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Breast-Cancer

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Mammography

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Pain

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pain catastrophizing

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A Biopsychosocial Study of the Mammography Pain Experiences of Breast Cancer Survivors

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Dissertation

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