Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management Reduces Serum Cortisol By Enhancing Benefit Finding Among Women Being Treated for Early Stage Breast Cancer
Dean G. Cruess, PhD,
Michael H. Antoni, PhD,
Bonnie A. McGregor, MS,
Kristin M. Kilbourn, PhD,
Amy E. Boyers, MS,
Susan M. Alferi, MS,
Charles S. Carver, PhD and
Mahendra Kumar, PhD
From the Departments of Psychology (D.G.C., M.H.A., B.A.M., K.M.K., A.E.B., S.M.A., C.S.C., M.K.) and Psychiatry (M.H.A., M.K.), University of Miami, Miami, FL.

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Fig. 1. Path model testing the mediating effect of change in Benefit Finding Scale (BFS) scores on the relationship between group assignment (CBSM vs. control) and serum cortisol change. Simple associations are shown within parentheses, and standardized regression coefficients from the full model are shown outside parentheses. *p < .05; **p < .01.
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