Resilience as a predictor for emotional response to the diagnosis and surgery in breast cancer patients

The purposes of the present study were to investigate the role of resilience in the prediction of emotional response in breast cancer patients and to examine whether this association is specific for women undergoing this emotionally taxing condition or whether resilience is more generally associated with higher levels of emotional well‐being.

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