BACKGROUND: Cancer patients and oncologists believe that psychological variables
influence the course of cancer, but the evidence remains inconclusive. This meta‐analysis …

BACKGROUND: Reported prevalence of emotional distress in cancer patients varies widely
across studies. The present study determined prevalence of anxiety and depression (…

Presence of support has repeatedly been linked to good long-term health outcomes based
on demonstrations of better immune function, lower blood pressures, and reduced mortality (…

Background: Narrative review strategies and meta-analyses have shown that drug treatment
and exercise rehabilitation regimens can reduce psychological distress and postmyocardial …

Screening for emotional distress is becoming increasingly common in cancer care. This
systematic review examines the psychometric properties of the existing tools used to screen …

Objective Cardiovascular reactivity is hypothesized to mediate the relationship between
stress and cardiovascular disease. We describe three considerations that are crucial for a …

Previous reports of the effectiveness of psychological treatments (PTs) for cardiac patients
reveal inconsistent results. We determined overall effects and gender differences. Eligible …

Objective: The relationship between Type D personality (the joint tendency towards negative
affectivity [NA] and social inhibition [SI]) and laboratory indices of cardiovascular health was …

Objective We investigated whether the effects on cardiovascular reactivity of social support
from an audience member depend only on the behavior of that person or also depend on the …

There is growing dissatisfaction with a dichotomized" anger-in" versus" anger-out" view of
anger coping. Three studies using student and community adult samples revealed a broader …