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Title	Analysis of an Online Support Group for Women with Breast Cancer
Author	Boxley, Laura
Abstract	With over 200,000 new diagnoses in 2004, breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers among women in the United States. Both the stress of treatment and the threat of a potentially lethal illness present significant challenges to an individual's emotional well-being and coping skills, yet paradoxically many women report benefits from dealing with this adversity. The aims of this investigation were to describe the characteristics of benefit finding as expressed by breast cancer survivors participating in an online breast cancer support group, and to assess the relationship between symptom distress, emotional well-being and benefit finding using baseline assessment measures. Qualitative content analysis and computerized text analysis were used to characterize the emotional, cognitive, and structural components present in online therapy transcripts. Correlational analysis was also used to identify both convergent and divergent characteristics of expressed benefit finding the context of an online support group and self-reported benefit finding using a structured assessment measure. With respect to the relationship between symptom distress, emotional well-being and benefit finding, self-reported benefit finding was found to have a mediating relationship between symptom distress and emotional quality of life, however expressed benefit finding did not share this relationship. This study suggests a potential difference between the benefits participants may endorse on a structured measure versus the opportunity to discuss benefits in an unstructured, somewhat social environment.
Discipline	Clinical Psychology
Department	Psychology
School	School of Science and Technology
Advisor	Owen, Jason
Degree Name	Master of Arts
Degree Level	M.A.
Year Degree Awarded	2010
Date (Title Page)	2010-12
Language	English
Subject - LCSH	Self-Help Groups
Subject - Local	Online Support Groups; Breast Cancer
Type	Thesis
Page count	54 p.
Digital format	Application/PDF
Digital Publisher	Loma Linda University Libraries
Copyright	Author
Usage Rights	This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.
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Collection	Loma Linda University Electronic Theses & Dissertations
Collection Website	http://archives.llu.edu/colls/lludis
Repository	Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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Full Text	LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY School of Science and Technology in conjunction with the Faculty of Graduate Studies ____________________ Analysis of an Online Support Group for Women with Breast Cancer by Laura Boxley ____________________ A Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology ____________________ December 2010

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