Our paper focused on cancer-related illness perceptions and causal attributions has been published in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship.
Study Design: In this study we surveyed 69 adolescent and young adults with cancer on measures of illness perceptions (e.g., how much cancer affects their lives), causal attributions (e.g., perceptions on the cause of their cancer), and health-related quality of life.
Key Findings: Higher negative levels of illness perceptions were associated with lower health-related quality of life across all domains. The majority of adolescent and young adults with cancer identified at least one cancer-related causal attribution, with genetics being the most common, followed by lifestyle factors, chemical/environmental factors, and chance.
Read the full paper here: Cancer-related illness perceptions and causal attributions among adolescents and young adults with cancer: associations with health-related quality of life