Scientific Interest(s):
Dr. Annette Stanton's research centers on specifying factors that help and hinder individuals as they adjust to health-related adversity. She is interested in testing theories of stress and coping and related conceptual models in individuals and couples confronting cancer, reproductive problems and other stressors.
Selected Cancer-Related Publications:
Stanton AL, Bower JE, Low CA. Posttraumatic growth after cancer. Handbook of posttraumatic growth: research and practice. 2006; 138-175.
Stanton AL, Ganz PA, Kwan L, Meyerowitz BE, Bower JE, Krupnick JL, Rowland JH, Leedham B, Belin TR. Outcomes from the Moving Beyond Cancer psychoeducational, randomized, controlled trial with breast cancer patients. J Clin Oncol. 2005; 23(25): 6009-18.
Stanton AL, Bernaards CA, Ganz PA. The BCPT symptom scales: a measure of physical symptoms for women diagnosed with or at risk for breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005; 97(6): 448-56.
Stanton AL, Danoff-Burg S, Sworowski LA, Collins CA, Branstetter A, Rodriguez-Hanley A, Kirk SB, Austenfeld JL. Randomized, controlled trial of written emotional expression and benefit finding in breast cancer patients. J Clin Oncol. 2002; 20:4160-4168.
Stanton AL, Danoff-Burg S, Cameron CL, Bishop MM, Collins CA, Kirk SB, Twillman R. Emotionally expressive coping predicts psychological and physical adjustment to breast cancer. J Consulting Clin Psych. 2000; 68, 875-882.