@article{551e58cf48be4e43818d984db432696a,
title = "Goal adjustment strategies operationalised and empirically examined in adolescents with cancer",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "aanpassing, adolescentie, doelen, doelstelling, gezwellen, kanker, puberale ontwikkeling, strategie{\"e}n, ziektegedrag, Adolescent Development, Goal Setting, Illness Behavior, Neoplasms, adjustment, adolescence, cancer, goals, strategies",
author = "Moniek Janse and Esther Sulkers and Tissing, {Wim J. E.} and Robbert Sanderman and Sprangers, {Mirjam A. G.} and Ranchor, {Adelita V.} and Joke Fleer",
note = "Accession Number: 2016-36809-001. PMID: 25476574 Partial author list: First Author & Affiliation: Janse, Moniek; University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands,
[email protected]. Release Date: 20160818. Publication Type: Journal (Journal), Peer Reviewed Journal (Peer Reviewed Journal). Format Covered: Electronic. Document Type: Journal Article. Language: English. Major Descriptor: Adolescent Development; Goal Setting; Illness Behavior; Neoplasms. Classification: Cancer (3293). Population: Human (10); Male (30); Female (40). Location: Netherlands. Age Group: Childhood (birth-12 yrs) (100); School Age (6-12 yrs) (180); Adolescence (13-17 yrs) (200); Adulthood (18 yrs & older) (300); Young Adulthood (18-29 yrs) (320). Tests & Measures: Goal Content Scale; Goal Importance, Attainability and Effort Scale. Methodology: Empirical Study; Followup Study; Longitudinal Study; Interview; Quantitative Study. Page Count: 11. Issue Publication Date: Aug 2016. Copyright Statement: The Author(s). 2014.",
year = "2016",
month = aug,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1359105314557504",
language = "English",
volume = "21",
pages = "1505--1515",
journal = "Journal of Health Psychology",
issn = "1461-7277",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "8",
}