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Soc Psychol Personal Sci. 2014 Aug;5(6):722-729. doi: 10.1177/1948550614524448.

Personality Change Pre- to Post- Loss in Spousal Caregivers of Patients with Terminal Lung Cancer.

Social psychological and personality science

Michael Hoerger, Benjamin P Chapman, Holly G Prigerson, Angela Fagerlin, Supriya G Mohile, Ronald M Epstein, Jeffrey M Lyness, Paul R Duberstein

Affiliations

  1. Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA, USA, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
  2. University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
  3. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
  4. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

PMID: 25614779 PMCID: PMC4299658 DOI: 10.1177/1948550614524448

Abstract

Personality is relatively stable in adulthood but could change in response to life transitions, such as caring for a spouse with a terminal illness. Using a case-control design, spousal caregivers (

Keywords: Bereavement adjustment; Caregiving; Personality change

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