Resilience in the face of cancer: On the importance of defining and studying resilience as a dynamic process of adaptation

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dc.contributor.authorSchellekens,M.
dc.contributor.authorZwanenburg,L.
dc.contributor.authorvan der Lee,M.L.
dc.contributor.institutionMedical and Clinical Psychology
dc.contributor.institutionTilburg Experience Sampling Center (TESC)
dc.contributor.sponsorDutch Cancer Society, 12932
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-01T14:44:40Z
dc.date.available2025-02-01T14:44:40Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractResilience is defined as the maintenance or relatively quick recovery of mental health during and after adversity. Rather than focusing on psychopathology and its causes, resilience research aims to understand what protective mechanisms shield individuals against developing such disorders and translate these insights to improve psychosocial care. This resilience approach seems especially promising for the field of oncology because patients face stressor after stressor from diagnosis to survivorship. Helping patients to learn how they can best use the resources and abilities available to them can empower patients to handle subsequent stressors. In the past few decades, resilience has increasingly been considered as a dynamic process of adaptation. While researchers use this definition, resilience has not yet been studied as a dynamic process in the field of oncology. As a result, the potential of resilience research to gain insight into what helps protect cancer patients from developing psychopathology is limited. We discuss conceptual and methodological proposals to advance resilience research in oncology. Most importantly, we propose applying prospective longitudinal designs to capture the dynamic resilience process. By gaining insight in how cancer patients engage in protective factors, resilience research can come to its full potential and help prevent psychopathology.en
dc.description.categoryScientific
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work was funded by a Young Investigator Grant awarded to Melanie P. J. Schellekens by the Dutch Cancer Society (project 12932).
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.format.numberofpages12
dc.identifier.authororcidSchellekens, M.§0000-0001-8397-7674
dc.identifier.authororcidZwanenburg, L.
dc.identifier.authororcidvan der Lee, M.L.§0000-0002-1316-7008
dc.identifier.citationSchellekens, M, Zwanenburg, L & van der Lee, M L 2024, 'Resilience in the face of cancer : On the importance of defining and studying resilience as a dynamic process of adaptation', Current Oncology, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 4003-4014. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31070297
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/curroncol31070297
dc.identifier.issn1198-0052
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-8397-7674/work/163764938
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dc.identifier.purepermalinkhttps://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/e7bd7983-8665-43e9-b542-1784b8a400c8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14602/81687
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/31/7/297
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85199870285
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dc.source.beginpage4003
dc.source.endpage4014
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dc.source.issue7
dc.source.journaltitleCurrent Oncology
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dc.source.volume31
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dc.subjectadaptive coping
dc.subjectcancer
dc.subjectecological momentary assessment
dc.subjectemotion regulation
dc.subjectprospective longitudinal designs
dc.subjectpsychological distress
dc.subjectqualitative research
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectsocial support
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectNeoplasms/psychology
dc.subjectResilience, Psychological
dc.subjectAdaptation, Psychological
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleResilience in the face of cancer: On the importance of defining and studying resilience as a dynamic process of adaptationen
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