The Breast-Impact of Treatment Scale (BITS) (Frierson, Thiel, & Andersen, In press) measures body change stress among breast cancer patients. Body change stress is the subjective psychological stress that accompanies women's negative and distressing thoughts, emotions, and behaviors resultant from breast cancer and breast surgeries. Body change stress is manifest with posttraumatic stress-like symptoms. The BITS may be useful in documenting the effectiveness of psychological interventions offered to assist women with significant distress about their body changes. It may be particularly useful to evaluate cognitive behavioral therapies, as it assesses thoughts and behaviors common to women's stress reactions.
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Frierson, G.M., Thiel, D.L., & Andersen, B.L. (In press). Body change stress for women with breast cancer. The Breast-Impact of Treatment Scale. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
Meaning in life is a multidimensional construct that refers to the value and purpose of life, important life goals, and for some, spirituality. We developed a measure of meaning in life derived from this conceptualization and synthesis of relevant theoretical and empirical traditions. Two samples, all cancer patients, provided data for scale development and psychometric study. The MiLS includes four scales: Harmony and Peace, Life Perspective, Purpose and Goals, Confusion and Lessened Meaning, and Benefits of Spirituality. The MiLS offers a theoretically based and psychometrically sound assessment of meaning in life suitable for use with cancer patients.
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Jim, H.S., Purnell, J.Q., Richardson, S.A., Golden-Kreutz, D., & Andersen, B.L. (In press). Measuring Meaning in Life Following Cancer.
The Sexual Self-Schema (SSS)-Female (Andersen & Cyranowski, 1994) contains 26 trait adjectives (e.g. cautious, loving, open-minded experienced) that are self-rated from 0 = not at all descriptive of me to 6 = very descriptive of me. Factor analytic studies reveal that the items tap three dimensions: (1) passionate/romantic, (2) open/direct, and (3) embarrassed/conservative. The measure predicts a wide range of sexual attitudes, behaviors, responses, and cognitions (Cyranowski & Andersen, 1998; Cyranowski, Aarestad, & Andersen, 1999). It is not contaminated by social desirability or negative affect biases. Process studies indicate that respondents are unaware that a sexual construct is being assessed.
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Andersen, B.L., & Cyranowski, J.C. (1994). Women's sexual self schema. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 1079-1100.
The Sexual Self-Schema (SSS)-Male (Andersen, Cyranowski, & Espindle, 1999) contains 27 sexual trait adjectives. Factor analytic studies reveal that the items tap three dimensions: (1) passionate/loving, (2) powerful/aggressive, and (3) open minded/liberal. The data document the cognitive processing aspects of sexual schema. Consistent with the investigators' schema research with women, these data substantiate the importance of cognitive representations of sexuality. The measures predict a wide range of sexual attitudes, behaviors, responses, and cognitions. Process studies indicate that respondents are unaware that a sexual construct is being assessed.
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Andersen, B.L., Cyranowski, J.C., & Espindle, D. (1999). Men's sexual self schema. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 645-661.