Affective Science Perspectives on Cancer Control

Affective science perspectives on cancer control: strategically crafting a mutually beneficial research agenda.

Cancer control research involves the conduct of basic and applied behavioral and social sciences to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality and improve quality of life. Given the importance of behavior in cancer control, fundamental research is necessary to identify psychological mechanisms underlying cancer risk, prevention, and management behaviors. Cancer prevention, diagnosis, and...

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Affective Experiences

artworks that deconstruct and resist identification but carry rather a forceful, often transformative encounter. That encounter is argued to produce strong non-cognitive, corporeal processes or states of affect (Massumi, 1987). Discussions also lied on theoretical models and ideas deploying the conception of affect, introduced the idea of experience in the context of analysing texts of literatu...

Perspectives of Science in Iran

Perspectives of Science in Iran

The Effectiveness of Existential Psychotherapy on Psychological Capital and Affective Control in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Introduction: In addition to the physical problems caused by the disease and the treatment process, cancer patients also face several psychological and emotional consequences that existential psychotherapy may be effective in this regard. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of existential psychotherapy on psychological capital and affective control in cancer patien...