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This is a AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A621023. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: The purpose of this study was to further develop treatment theory for SHIP psychoeducational interventions in order: 1) to discover those interventions which proved to contribute toward significant change rate in the self-reported perceptions of breast cancer patients concerning their feelings of personal well-being', 2) to assess the stability of the SHIP's treatment effect during the follow-up data collection period, 3) to profile which individuals were most likely to benefit from specific components of SHIP interventions, and 4) to test the processes by which the SHIP interventions affected the outcome. Outcomes studied were change in: self-help, enabling skills (belief-in-self, cognitive reframing, & problem solving), uncertainty level, psychological adjustment, and well-being'. Profiling factors were personal characteristics, medical characteristics, baseline support level, and baseline mastery level. Data were derived from the Self-Help Interventions Project (SHIP), an experimental, longitudinal study which had provided psychoeducational interventions to women with breast cancer in order to help them cope with their situation. The SHIP interventions consisted of education and psychological components. A nonprobability sample of 307 women was randomized into one of five possible treatment groups and a natural learning condition/control group.
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