Abstract (summary)
This study explored several predictors of posttraumatic growth (PTG) in a sample of 169 breast , prostate and colorectal cancer survivors. The first aim was to determine the influence of Anxiety, Depression and Perceived Threat (defined as the combination of Life Outlook Threat , i.e., the degree a cancer diagnosis challenged a survivor's assumptive world, and Physical Threat , i.e., threat to mortality and physical well-being) in the prediction of Positive and Negative Cognitive Processing. The second aim was to examine the effect of Anxiety, Depression, Perceived Threat , and Positive and Negative Cognitive Processing in the predication of PTG.