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  Construct Details
  
Construct Name: Body Change Stress
Definition of Construct: Body change stress refers to 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 traumatic stress-like symptoms.
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ReferencesPubMed IDComment
Frierson GM, Thiel DL, Andersen BL. Body change stress for women with breast cancer: the Breast-Impact of Treatment Scale. Ann Behav Med. 2006 Aug;32(1):77-81. 16827632 

MeasuresDatasets
Breast Impact of Treatment Scale (BITS)
(Last Updated: 5/18/2010 1:49:03 PM by Barbara Andersen)


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