The Stability of Dispositional Optimism in Relation to Receiving or Not Receiving a Cancer Diagnosis - Psychology

PSYCH > Vol.7 No.6, June 2016

Psychology

Volume 7, Issue 6 (June 2016)

ISSN Print: 2152-7180 ISSN Online: 2152-7199

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The Stability of Dispositional Optimism in Relation to Receiving or Not Receiving a Cancer Diagnosis ()

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DOI: 10.4236/psych.2016.76083 1,758 Downloads 2,996 Views Citations

Author(s)

Inger Schou Bredal¹, Øivind Ekeberg^2,3

Affiliation(s)

¹Cancer Center, Institute for Health and Science, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
²Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³Department of Behavioural Sciences in Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

ABSTRACT

We used the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) as a unidimensional scale to investigate the stability of dispositional optimism and compared the results with the stability of anxiety and depression. Five hundred and twelve women completed the LOT-R and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale before follow-up mammography and 4 weeks after receiving the result (breast cancer or not). This study shows that dispositional optimism is relatively stable and is not influenced by receiving a cancer diagnosis.

KEYWORDS

Anxiety, Depression, Optimism, Personality

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Bredal, I. and Ekeberg, Ø. (2016) The Stability of Dispositional Optimism in Relation to Receiving or Not Receiving a Cancer Diagnosis. Psychology, 7, 806-814. doi: 10.4236/psych.2016.76083.

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