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Ortiz Garzón, E., Méndez Salazar, L., Camargo Barrero, J., Chavarro, S., Toro Cardona, G., & Vernaza Guerrero, M. (2014). Relationship between coping strategies, anxiety, depression and self-esteem in a group of adult patients diagnosed with cancer. Psychologia, 8(1), 77–83. https://doi.org/10.21500/19002386.1216
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Abstract

To carry out this project a descriptive correlational design was used in order to identify the existent relationship between coping strategies,
self-esteem, anxiety levels and depression in a group of 17 adult patients diagnosed with cancer. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, The
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (had) and the modified Coping Strategies Scale (eec-m) were applied for this purpose. This research
showed the following results: A correlation between anxiety and self-esteem levels, anxiety levels and coping strategies for problem solving,
positive reappraisal and aggressive reaction. Likewise, a meaningful correlation between depression levels and coping strategies for problem
solving, negation, aggressive reaction and the expression of the coping difficulty were observed.

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