Goal adjustment strategies operationalised and empirically examined in adolescents with cancer

Moniek Janse; Esther Sulkers; Wim Je Tissing; Robbert Sanderman; Mirjam Ag Sprangers; Adelita V Ranchor; Joke Fleer

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Goal adjustment strategies operationalised and empirically examined in adolescents with cancer

Moniek Janse, Esther Sulkers, Wim Je Tissing, Robbert Sanderman, Mirjam Ag Sprangers, Adelita V Ranchor, Joke Fleer

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Adolescents facing cancer may need to adjust their personal life goals. Theories identified several goal adjustment strategies, but their use has not been tested. Therefore, this study operationalises goal adjustment strategies and examines their use. Adolescent cancer patients listed their goals 3 and 12 months post-diagnosis. Goals received scores on five goal characteristics: life domain, level of abstraction, importance, attainability and effort. Results showed that adolescents with cancer (N = 30, mean age: 14.2 years, 60% female) used four of five strategies described in theory, while one additional strategy was found. These findings suggest that adolescents with cancer use goal adjustment strategies as measured by goal characteristics over time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1505-15
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of health psychology
Volume	21
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314557504
Publication status	Published - Aug 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Empirical Research
Female
Goals
Humans
Male
Neoplasms/psychology
Netherlands
Surveys and Questionnaires

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