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Cancer-related fatigue in a couples’ context
Müller, Fabiola
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Müller, F. (2018). Cancer-related fatigue in a couples’ context: The role of daily cognitions and partner behaviors. University of Groningen.
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Propositions accompanying the dissertation Cancer-related fatigue in a couples’ context The role of daily cognitions and partner behaviors
by Fabiola Müller
1. For many cancer patients, fatigue is a constant companion. (Chapter 2) 2. Spending daily life with a partner is a resource for improved disease
adjustment. (Chapter 3)
3. I catastrophize, therefore I am fatigued. I am fatigued, therefore I cata-strophize. (based on René Descartes; Chapter 4)
4. Partner responses are not simply either adaptive or maladaptive. They can be a mixed blessing. (Chapter 5)
5. Positive cognitions and responses facilitating activity make the ideal partner for patients’ adjustment to fatigue. (Chapter 5)
6. Partners also catastrophize about patients’ fatigue. Treating patient cat-astrophizing alone is therefore a job half done. (Chapter 6)
7. Encouraging couples to talk about fatigue without telling them how is as sending them on a journey without a map. (Chapter 6)
8. Life is the sum of daily processes. Therefore, the diary method allows studying the essence of life.
9. Technological advances in data collection have outrun developments of theories of psychological processes in daily life. It is time for researchers to catch up.
10. There is no exhaustive research question, no ideal research design and no perfect statistical analysis. What matters are quality, feasibility and clinical relevance.
11. Concern for the man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest […]. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equa-tions. (Albert Einstein)
