TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotional expression and emotional recognition in breast cancer survivors
T2 - A controlled comparison
AU - Graves, Kristi D.
AU - Schmidt, John E.
AU - Bollmer, Julie
AU - Fejfar, Michele
AU - Langer, Shelby
AU - Blonder, Lee X.
AU - Andrykowski, Michael A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this research was provided by Institutional Research Training grants from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (DAMD17-99-1-9245 & DAMD17-94-J-4178) and from a National Research Service Award grant (F32CA97760).
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - The role of emotional expression (EE) in the onset and progression of cancer remains equivocal. The purpose of this study was to compare breast cancer patients (n = 25) and matched healthy controls (n = 25) on self-report and behavioral measures of EE and emotional recognition. Based upon Pennebaker's paradigm, participants completed a verbal positive or negative EE behavioral task. Transcripts of participants' responses were analyzed using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count and were coded for emotional valence and intensity by trained raters blind to experimental condition. Breast cancer patients and healthy controls did not differ on self-report, dispositional measures of EE nor on a behavioral measure of emotional recognition. During the behavioral EE task, patients used significantly less inhibition words than controls and were rated as expressing more intense emotion. Results provide some support for the view that cancer diagnosis and treatment can alter emotionally expressive behavior.
AB - The role of emotional expression (EE) in the onset and progression of cancer remains equivocal. The purpose of this study was to compare breast cancer patients (n = 25) and matched healthy controls (n = 25) on self-report and behavioral measures of EE and emotional recognition. Based upon Pennebaker's paradigm, participants completed a verbal positive or negative EE behavioral task. Transcripts of participants' responses were analyzed using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count and were coded for emotional valence and intensity by trained raters blind to experimental condition. Breast cancer patients and healthy controls did not differ on self-report, dispositional measures of EE nor on a behavioral measure of emotional recognition. During the behavioral EE task, patients used significantly less inhibition words than controls and were rated as expressing more intense emotion. Results provide some support for the view that cancer diagnosis and treatment can alter emotionally expressive behavior.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Controlled comparison
KW - Emotional expression
KW - Emotional recognition
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U2 - 10.1080/0887044042000334742
DO - 10.1080/0887044042000334742
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:27144445004
SN - 0887-0446
VL - 20
SP - 579
EP - 595
JO - Psychology and Health
JF - Psychology and Health
IS - 5
ER -