Attachment security and existential distress among patients with advanced cancer

Felt security in close relationships may affect individual adaptation responses to existential threat in severe illness. We examined the contribution of attachment security to demoralization, a state of existential distress involving perceived pointlessness and meaninglessness in advanced cancer.

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demoralization, attachment security, psychological adaptation, existential distress, advanced cancer, palliative care

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Vehling, S., Tian, Y., Malfitano, C., Shnall, J., Watt, S., Mehnert, A., ... & Rodin, G. (2019). Attachment security and existential distress among patients with advanced cancer. Journal of psychosomatic research, 116, 93-99.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1807/95567

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10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.11.018

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00223999

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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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Department of Psychiatry

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