The illness representations–physical well-being interplay over time in breast cancer patients.

Evangelos C. Karademas; Ilan Roziner; Ketti Mazzocco; Ruth Pat-Horenczyk; Berta Sousa; Albino J. Oliveira-Maia; Georgios Stamatakos; Haridimos Kondylakis; Eleni Kolokotroni; Sílvia Almeida; Raquel Lemos; Johanna Mattson; Panagiotis Simos; Paula Poikonen-Saksela

doi:10.1037/hea0001499

The illness representations–physical well-being interplay over time in breast cancer patients.

Evangelos C. Karademas^*
, Ilan Roziner
, Ketti Mazzocco
, Ruth Pat-Horenczyk
, Berta Sousa
, Albino J. Oliveira-Maia
, Georgios Stamatakos
, Haridimos Kondylakis
, Eleni Kolokotroni
, Sílvia Almeida
, Raquel Lemos
, Johanna Mattson
, Panagiotis Simos
, Paula Poikonen-Saksela

^*Corresponding author for this work

The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare

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Abstract

The current study advances our understanding of the processes that underlie adaptation to breast cancer and contributes knowledge for illness management. Specifically, it highlights the importance of employing a context- and illness phase-sensitive research approach, which focuses on adaptation to illness at the within-person level. The use of such an approach may also have significant implications for facilitating patients’ recovery and enhancing their well-being.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	779-788
Number of pages	10
Journal	Health Psychology
Volume	44
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001499
State	Published - 2025

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breast cancer
illness representations
intrapersonal changes
physical well-being

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Karademas, E. C., Roziner, I., Mazzocco, K., Pat-Horenczyk, R., Sousa, B., Oliveira-Maia, A. J., Stamatakos, G., Kondylakis, H., Kolokotroni, E., Almeida, S., Lemos, R., Mattson, J., Simos, P., & Poikonen-Saksela, P. (2025). The illness representations–physical well-being interplay over time in breast cancer patients. Health Psychology, 44(8), 779-788. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001499

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