The development of a meaning centred therapy for patients with advanced cancer - an intervention study

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/466675

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Previous Doctoral work by the applicant illustrated how the compelling force to make sense of life experiences and find significance in existence (two central aspects of meaning) increases the complexity of coping with advanced cancer. While meaning can assist coping by offering a framework, perspective and counterbalance to the challenge of illness, the absence of meaning can also be a precursor to profound despair. This project will use the model of Meaning in Adjustment to Cancer to develop and trial an intervention aimed at enhancing meaning and reducing despair in this population.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: SRDC - People

Funding Amount: $137,000.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Other biomedical and clinical sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

adaptation, coping, survival | advanced cancer | intervention study | means-based coping | psychological distress

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