Development of a questionnaire measure of adjustment to cancer: the MAC scale
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 18 (1) , 203-209
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700002026
Abstract
This paper describes the development of a self-rating scale to measure adjustment to cancer. The Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC) Scale has been completed by 235 patients with various types and stages of cancer. It is easily understood by, and acceptable to, patients. Data relating to reliability and internal consistency indicate that the MAC scale is a valuable research tool for clinical studies of patients' psychological adjustment to cancer.Keywords
This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Concepts and Assessment of Depression in OncologyJournal of Psychosocial Oncology, 1987
- Resilience in the Face of AdversityThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1985
- Psychosocial Correlates of Survival in Advanced Malignant Disease?New England Journal of Medicine, 1985
- Development of a method for rating cognitive responses to a diagnosis of cancerSocial Science & Medicine, 1985
- Reaction to a diagnosis of breast cancer relationship between denial, delay and rates of psychological morbidityCancer, 1984
- The Hospital Anxiety and Depression ScaleActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1983
- The prevalence of psychiatric disorders among cancer patientsJAMA, 1983
- PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO BREAST CANCER: EFFECT ON OUTCOMEThe Lancet, 1979
- Changes in physicians' attitudes toward telling the cancer patientJAMA, 1979
- Psychological and social adjustment to mastectomy.A two-year follow-up studyCancer, 1977