Our curriculum was crafted using of research and in the field experience with the adolescent population.
Although not comprehensive, this reference list forms the basis of See You at the Summits' methods, providing evidence to support our 9-day intervention. The following topics highlight a portion of the gathered evidence that guides our approach.
Neural impact of:
Impact of:
Adolescent Development
Association, A. P. (2002). Developing Adolescents: A Reference for Professionals. In A. P. Association (Ed.), (1 ed., pp. 1-41). Washington DC.
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Bandura, A. (1982). The assessment and predictive generality of self-percepts of efficacy. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry, 13(3), 195-199.
Bandura, A. (1989). Human agency in social cognitive theory. Am Psychol, 44(9), 1175-1184.
Bandura, A. (1997). The anatomy of stages of change. Am J Health Promot, 12(1), 8-10. doi: 10.4278/0890-1171-12.1.8
Bandura, A. (2006). Toward a Psychology of Human Agency. Perspect Psychol Sci, 1(2), 164-180. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6916.2006.00011.x
Bandura, A. (2018). Toward a Psychology of Human Agency: Pathways and Reflections. Perspect Psychol Sci, 13(2), 130-136. doi: 10.1177/1745691617699280
Holland, J. C., & Rowland, J. H. (1989). Handbook of psychooncology : psychological care of the patient with cancer. New York: Oxford University Press.
Pajares, F., & Urdan, T. C. (2006). Self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents. Greenwich, Conn.: IAP - Information Age Pub., Inc.
Rodin, J. (1989). Sense of control: potentials for intervention. Ann Am Acad Pol Soc Sci(503), 29-42.
Sisk, C. L., & Foster, D. L. (2004). The neural basis of puberty and adolescence. Nat Neurosci, 7(10), 1040-1047. doi: 10.1038/nn1326
Smith, G. C., Kohn, S. J., Savage-Stevens, S. E., Finch, J. J., Ingate, R., & Lim, Y. O. (2000). The effects of interpersonal and personal agency on perceived control and psychological well-being in adulthood. Gerontologist, 40(4), 458-468.
The science of adolescent risk-taking : workshop report(2011). I. I. o. M. a. N. N. R. Council) (Ed.) Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53418/
Wood, C., Angus, C., Pretty, J., Sandercock, G., & Barton, J. (2013). A randomised control trial of physical activity in a perceived environment on self-esteem and mood in UK adolescents. Int J Environ Health Res, 23(4), 311-320. doi: 10.1080/09603123.2012.733935
Adolescents and cancer
Alvarez, E., Keegan, T., Johnston, E. E., Haile, R., Sanders, L., Saynina, O., & Chamberlain, L. J. (2017). Adolescent and young adult oncology patients: Disparities in access to specialized cancer centers. Cancer, 123(13), 2516-2523. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30562
Barnett, M., McDonnell, G., DeRosa, A., Schuler, T., Philip, E., Peterson, L., . . . Ford, J. S. (2016). Psychosocial outcomes and interventions among cancer survivors diagnosed during adolescence and young adulthood (AYA): a systematic review. J Cancer Surviv, 10(5), 814-831. doi: 10.1007/s11764-016-0527-6
Bell, C. J., Bell, R. A., Zebrack, B., Kato, I., Morse, A., & Borinstein, S. C. (2018). Measuring Development of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: An Integrative Review of Available Instruments. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2017.0127
Bellizzi, K. M., Smith, A., Schmidt, S., Keegan, T. H., Zebrack, B., Lynch, C. F., . . . Group, A. a. Y. A. H. O. a. P. E. A. H. S. C. (2012). Positive and negative psychosocial impact of being diagnosed with cancer as an adolescent or young adult. Cancer, 118(20), 5155-5162. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27512
Brinkman, T. M., Li, C., Vannatta, K., Marchak, J. G., Lai, J. S., Prasad, P. K., . . . Krull, K. R. (2016). Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Symptom Comorbidities and Profiles in Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol, 34(28), 3417-3425. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2016.66.4789
Brinkman, T. M., Zhu, L., Zeltzer, L. K., Recklitis, C. J., Kimberg, C., Zhang, N., . . . Krull, K. R. (2013). Longitudinal patterns of psychological distress in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Br J Cancer, 109(5), 1373-1381. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.428
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Casillas, J., Syrjala, K. L., Ganz, P. A., Hammond, E., Marcus, A. C., Moss, K. M., . . . Friedman, D. L. (2011). How confident are young adult cancer survivors in managing their survivorship care? A report from the LIVESTRONG™ Survivorship Center of Excellence Network. J Cancer Surviv, 5(4), 371-381. doi: 10.1007/s11764-011-0199-1
Crom, D. B. (2009). "I think you are pretty; i don't know why everyone can't see that": reflections from a young adult brain tumor survivor camp. J Clin Oncol, 27(19), 3259-3261. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.1978
Druss, B., & Pincus, H. (2000). Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in general medical illnesses. Arch Intern Med, 160(10), 1522-1526.
Epstein, I. (2004). Adventure therapy: a mental health promotion strategy in pediatric oncology. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs, 21(2), 103-110. doi: 10.1177/1043454203262684
Giese-Davis, J., Bliss-Isberg, C., Carson, K., Star, P., Donaghy, J., Cordova, M. J., . . . Spiegel, D. (2006). The effect of peer counseling on quality of life following diagnosis of breast cancer: an observational study. Psychooncology, 15(11), 1014-1022. doi: 10.1002/pon.1037
Gill, E., Goldenberg, M., Starnes, H., & Phelan, S. (2016). Outdoor adventure therapy to increase physical activity in young adult cancer survivors. J Psychosoc Oncol, 34(3), 184-199. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2016.1157718
Grasso, D. J., Joselow, B., Marquez, Y., & Webb, C. (2011). Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy of a child with posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychotherapy (Chic), 48(2), 188-197. doi: 10.1037/a0023133
Group, A. a. Y. A. O. P. R. (2006). Closing the Gap: Research and Care Imperatives for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer (pp. 19): U.S Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Livestrong Young Adult Alliance
Hughes, N., Williams, J., & Shaw, C. (2017). Supporting the psychological needs of teenagers and young adults during cancer treatment: a literature review. British Journal of Nursing (Oncology Supplement), 26(4), S4-S10.
Hølge-Hazelton, B., Timm, H. U., Graugaard, C., Boisen, K. A., & Sperling, C. D. (2016). "Perhaps I will die young." Fears and worries regarding disease and death among Danish adolescents and young adults with cancer. A mixed method study. Support Care Cancer, 24(11), 4727-4737. doi: 10.1007/s00520-016-3322-z
Jones, S. M., Ziebell, R., Walker, R., Nekhlyudov, L., Rabin, B. A., Nutt, S., . . . Chubak, J. (2017). Association of worry about cancer to benefit finding and functioning in long-term cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer, 25(5), 1417-1422. doi: 10.1007/s00520-016-3537-z
KANDLER, L. UNDERSTANDING THE PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT OF CANCER IN ADOLESCENCE AND YOUNG ADULTHOOD: A MIXED-METHODS ASSESSMENT OF THE PERSPECTIVES OF PATIENTS, SURVIVORS, AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
Kaye, E. C., Brinkman, T. M., & Baker, J. N. (2017). Development of depression in survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer: a multi-level life course conceptual framework. Support Care Cancer, 25(6), 2009-2017. doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3659-y
Keegan, T. H., Lichtensztajn, D. Y., Kato, I., Kent, E. E., Wu, X. C., West, M. M., . . . Group, A. H. S. C. (2012). Unmet adolescent and young adult cancer survivors information and service needs: a population-based cancer registry study. J Cancer Surviv, 6(3), 239-250. doi: 10.1007/s11764-012-0219-9
Kwak, M., Zebrack, B. J., Meeske, K. A., Embry, L., Aguilar, C., Block, R., . . . Cole, S. (2013a). Prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: a 1-year follow-up study. Psychooncology, 22(8), 1798-1806. doi: 10.1002/pon.3217
Kwak, M., Zebrack, B. J., Meeske, K. A., Embry, L., Aguilar, C., Block, R., . . . Cole, S. (2013b). Trajectories of psychological distress in adolescent and young adult patients with cancer: a 1-year longitudinal study. J Clin Oncol, 31(17), 2160-2166. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.45.9222
Lazor, T., Tigelaar, L., Pole, J. D., De Souza, C., Tomlinson, D., & Sung, L. (2017). Instruments to measure anxiety in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer: a systematic review. Support Care Cancer, 25(9), 2921-2931. doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3743-3
Lu, D., Fall, K., Sparén, P., Ye, W., Adami, H. O., Valdimarsdóttir, U., & Fang, F. (2013). Suicide and suicide attempt after a cancer diagnosis among young individuals. Ann Oncol, 24(12), 3112-3117. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdt415
McDonnell, G. A., Salley, C. G., Barnett, M., DeRosa, A. P., Werk, R. S., Hourani, A., . . . Ford, J. S. (2017). Anxiety Among Adolescent Survivors of Pediatric Cancer. J Adolesc Health, 61(4), 409-423. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.04.004
Merighi, J. R. (2016). Handbook of oncology social work: Psychosocial care for people with cancer. Soc Work Health Care, 55(6), 481-484. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2016.1162260
Merluzzi, T. V., Philip, E. J., Heitzmann Ruhf, C. A., Liu, H., Yang, M., & Conley, C. C. (2018). Self-efficacy for coping with cancer: Revision of the Cancer Behavior Inventory (Version 3.0). Psychol Assess, 30(4), 486-499. doi: 10.1037/pas0000483
Nass, S. J., Beaupin, L. K., Demark-Wahnefried, W., Fasciano, K., Ganz, P. A., Hayes-Lattin, B., . . . Smith, A. W. (2015). Identifying and addressing the needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer: summary of an Institute of Medicine workshop. Oncologist, 20(2), 186-195. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0265
Norton, C. L., Tucker, A., Russell, K. C., Bettmann, J. E., Gass, M. A., Gillis, H. L., & Behrens, E. (2014). Adventure therapy with youth. Journal of Experiential Education, 37(1), 46-59.
Park, E. M., & Rosenstein, D. L. (2015). Depression in adolescents and young adults with cancer. Dialogues Clin Neurosci, 17(2), 171-180.
Pearson, J. (1989). A wilderness program for adolescents with cancer. J Assoc Pediatr Oncol Nurses, 6(2), 24-25. doi: 10.1177/104345428900600214
Prasad, P. K., Hardy, K. K., Zhang, N., Edelstein, K., Srivastava, D., Zeltzer, L., . . . Krull, K. (2015). Psychosocial and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Adult Survivors of Adolescent and Early Young Adult Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol, 33(23), 2545-2552. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.57.7528
Rosenberg, A. R., Macpherson, C. F., Kroon, L., & Johnson, R. (2013). Rethinking Adherence: A Proposal for a New Approach to Risk Assessment. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 2(2), 83-86. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2012.0025
Rosenberg, R. S., Lange, W., Zebrack, B., Moulton, S., & Kosslyn, S. M. (2014). An outdoor adventure program for young adults with cancer: positive effects on body image and psychosocial functioning. J Psychosoc Oncol, 32(5), 622-636. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2014.936652
Smith, A. W., Seibel, N. L., Lewis, D. R., Albritton, K. H., Blair, D. F., Blanke, C. D., . . . Zebrack, B. J. (2016). Next steps for adolescent and young adult oncology workshop: An update on progress and recommendations for the future. Cancer, 122(7), 988-999. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29870
Stevens, B., Kagan, S., Yamada, J., Epstein, I., Beamer, M., Bilodeau, M., & Baruchel, S. (2004). Adventure therapy for adolescents with cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 43(3), 278-284. doi: 10.1002/pbc.20060
Trevino, K. M., Abbott, C. H., Fisch, M. J., Friedlander, R. J., Duberstein, P. R., & Prigerson, H. G. (2014). Patient-oncologist alliance as protection against suicidal ideation in young adults with advanced cancer. Cancer, 120(15), 2272-2281. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28740
Török, S., Kökönyei, G., Károlyi, L., Ittzés, A., & Tomcsányi, T. (2006). Outcome effectiveness of therapeutic recreation camping program for adolescents living with cancer and diabetes. J Adolesc Health, 39(3), 445-447. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.018
Zebrack, B., Bleyer, A., Albritton, K., Medearis, S., & Tang, J. (2006). Assessing the health care needs of adolescent and young adult cancer patients and survivors. Cancer, 107(12), 2915-2923. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22338
Zebrack, B., Kwak, M., & Sundstrom, L. (2017). First Descents, an adventure program for young adults with cancer: who benefits? Support Care Cancer, 25(12), 3665-3673. doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3792-7
Zebrack, B. J. (2011). Psychological, social, and behavioral issues for young adults with cancer. Cancer, 117(10 Suppl), 2289-2294. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26056
Zebrack, B. J., Oeffinger, K. C., Hou, P., & Kaplan, S. (2006). Advocacy skills training for young adult cancer survivors: the Young Adult Survivors Conference at Camp Māk-a-Dream. Support Care Cancer, 14(7), 779-782. doi: 10.1007/s00520-005-0906-4
Zeltzer, L. K., Recklitis, C., Buchbinder, D., Zebrack, B., Casillas, J., Tsao, J. C., . . . Krull, K. (2009a). Psychological status in childhood cancer survivors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol, 27(14), 2396-2404. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1433
Zeltzer, L. K., Recklitis, C., Buchbinder, D., Zebrack, B., Casillas, J., Tsao, J. C., . . . Krull, K. (2009b). Psychological status in childhood cancer survivors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol, 27(14), 2396-2404. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1433
Wilderness Therapy, Experiential Education
Asfeldt, M., & Beames, S. (2017). Trusting the journey: Embracing the unpredictable and difficult to measure nature of wilderness educational expeditions. Journal of Experiential Education, 40(1), 72-86.
Biswas-Diener, R., & Patterson, L. (2011). An experiential approach to teaching positive psychology to undergraduates. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6(6), 477-481.
Bowen, D. J., Neill, J. T., & Crisp, S. J. R. (2016). Wilderness adventure therapy effects on the mental health of youth participants. Eval Program Plann, 58, 49-59. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.05.005
Caulkins, M. C., White, D. D., & Russell, K. C. (2006). The role of physical exercise in wilderness therapy for troubled adolescent women. Journal of Experiential Education, 29(1), 18-37.
Dobud, W. (2017). Towards an Evidence-Informed Adventure Therapy: Implementing Feedback-Informed Treatment in the Field. J Evid Inf Soc Work, 14(3), 172-182. doi: 10.1080/23761407.2017.1304310
Fernee, C. R., Gabrielsen, L., Andersen, A., & Mesel, T. (2015). Therapy in the open air: Introducing wilderness therapy to adolescent mental health services in Scandinavia. Scandinavian Psychologist.
Fernee, C. R., Gabrielsen, L. E., Andersen, A. J., & Mesel, T. (2017). Unpacking the Black Box of Wilderness Therapy: A Realist Synthesis. Qual Health Res, 27(1), 114-129. doi: 10.1177/1049732316655776
Gill, E., Goldenberg, M., Starnes, H., & Phelan, S. (2016). Outdoor adventure therapy to increase physical activity in young adult cancer survivors. J Psychosoc Oncol, 34(3), 184-199. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2016.1157718
McKenzie, M. (2000). How are adventure Education Program Outcomes Achieved?:A review of the literature. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education
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Mutz, M., & Müller, J. (2016). Mental health benefits of outdoor adventures: Results from two pilot studies. J Adolesc, 49, 105-114. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.03.009
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Norton, C. L., & Peyton, J. (2017). Mindfulness-Based Practice in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare. Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, 9(1), 7-20.
Norton, C. L., Tucker, A., Russell, K. C., Bettmann, J. E., Gass, M. A., Gillis, H. L., & Behrens, E. (2014). Adventure therapy with youth. Journal of Experiential Education, 37(1), 46-59.
Paton, B. C. (1992). Health, safety and risk in Outward Bound. Journal of Wilderness Medicine, 3, 128-144.
Revell, S., Duncan, E., & Cooper, M. (2014). Helpful aspects of outdoor therapy experiences: An online preliminary investigation. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 14(4), 281-287.
Rosenberg, R. S., Lange, W., Zebrack, B., Moulton, S., & Kosslyn, S. M. (2014). An outdoor adventure program for young adults with cancer: positive effects on body image and psychosocial functioning. J Psychosoc Oncol, 32(5), 622-636. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2014.936652
Russell, K. (2000). Exploring how the wilderness therapy process relates to outcomes. The Journal of Experiential Education, 23(3), 170-176.
Russell, K. C., & Gillis, H. L. (2010). Experiential therapy in the mental health treatment of adolescents. Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, 4(1), 47-79.
Russell, K. C., Gillis, H. L. L., & Kivlighan, D. M. (2017). Process factors explaining psycho-social outcomes in adventure therapy. Psychotherapy (Chic), 54(3), 273-280. doi: 10.1037/pst0000131
Russell, K. C., Hendee, J. C., & Phillips-Miller, D. (2000). How Wilderness Therapy Works: An Examination of the Wilderness Therapy Process to Treat Adolescents with Behavioral Problems and Addictions (Vol. 3, pp. 207-217): USDA Forest Service Proceedings.
Schwartz, M. (2012). Best practices in experiential learning (pp. 1-18): Ryerson University, Learning and Teaching Office.
Slavin, M. Climbing Out: Exploring the Psychosocial Impacts of an Adventure Programme for Young Adult Survivors of Cancer.
Stevens, B., Kagan, S., Yamada, J., Epstein, I., Beamer, M., Bilodeau, M., & Baruchel, S. (2004). Adventure therapy for adolescents with cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 43(3), 278-284. doi: 10.1002/pbc.20060
Wagner, A. AN EXAMINATION OF THE BENEFITS THAT ADVENTURE AND WILDERNESS THERAPY HAS ON YOUNG ADULT CANCER FIGHTERS AND SURVIVORS.
Wynn, B., Frost, A., & Pawson, P. (2012). Adventure therapy proves successful for adolescent survivors of childhood cancers. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 18(1), 28-30.
Zebrack, B., Kwak, M., & Sundstrom, L. (2017). First Descents, an adventure program for young adults with cancer: who benefits? Support Care Cancer, 25(12), 3665-3673. doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3792-7
Positive Psychology
Biswas-Diener, R., & Patterson, L. (2011). An experiential approach to teaching positive psychology to undergraduates. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6(6), 477-481.
Boyatzis, R. E. (2006). The ideal self as the driver of intentional change. . In K. Akrivou (Ed.), (Vol. 25, pp. 624-642).
Crom, D. B. (2009). "I think you are pretty; i don't know why everyone can't see that": reflections from a young adult brain tumor survivor camp. J Clin Oncol, 27(19), 3259-3261. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.1978
Fox, G. R., Kaplan, J., Damasio, H., & Damasio, A. (2015). Neural correlates of gratitude. Front Psychol, 6, 1491. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01491
Fredrickson, B. L. (2003). The Value of Positive Emotions: The emerging science of positive psychology is coming to understand why it's good to feel good. American Scientist, 91, 330-335.
Merighi, J. R. (2016). Handbook of oncology social work: Psychosocial care for people with cancer. Soc Work Health Care, 55(6), 481-484. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2016.1162260
Seligman, M. E., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology. An introduction. Am Psychol, 55(1), 5-14.
Seligman, M. E. P. (2006). Learned optimism : how to change your mind and your life (1st Vintage Books ed.). New York: Vintage Books.
Zebrack, B. J., Oeffinger, K. C., Hou, P., & Kaplan, S. (2006). Advocacy skills training for young adult cancer survivors: the Young Adult Survivors Conference at Camp Māk-a-Dream. Support Care Cancer, 14(7), 779-782. doi: 10.1007/s00520-005-0906-4
Learned Helplessness, Neurochemical effects, Social defeat, Denial and helplessness
Amat, J., Aleksejev, R. M., Paul, E., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2010). Behavioral control over shock blocks behavioral and neurochemical effects of later social defeat. Neuroscience, 165(4), 1031-1038. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.11.005
Amat, J., Baratta, M. V., Paul, E., Bland, S. T., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2005). Medial prefrontal cortex determines how stressor controllability affects behavior and dorsal raphe nucleus. Nat Neurosci, 8(3), 365-371. doi: 10.1038/nn1399
Amat, J., Paul, E., Zarza, C., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2006). Previous experience with behavioral control over stress blocks the behavioral and dorsal raphe nucleus activating effects of later uncontrollable stress: role of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex. J Neurosci, 26(51), 13264-13272. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3630-06.2006
Baratta, M. V., & Maier, S. F. (2017). New tools for understanding coping and resilience. Neurosci Lett. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.09.049
Covino, J. M., Stern, T. W., & Stern, T. A. (2011). Denial of cardiac illness: consequences and management. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord, 13(5). doi: 10.4088/PCC.11f01166
Frank, M. G., Fonken, L. K., Annis, J. L., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2018). Stress disinhibits microglia via down-regulation of CD200R: A mechanism of neuroinflammatory priming. Brain Behav Immun, 69, 62-73. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.11.001
Frank, M. G., Weber, M. D., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2016). Stress-induced neuroinflammatory priming: A liability factor in the etiology of psychiatric disorders. Neurobiol Stress, 4, 62-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2015.12.004
Hackett, T. P., Cassem, N. H., & Wishnie, H. A. (1968). The coronary-care unit. An appraisal of its psychologic hazards. N Engl J Med, 279(25), 1365-1370. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196812192792504
Henning, M., Fox, G. R., Kaplan, J., Damasio, H., & Damasio, A. (2017). A Potential Role for mu-Opioids in Mediating the Positive Effects of Gratitude. Front Psychol, 8, 868. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00868
Leigh, H., Ungerer, J., & Percarpio, B. (1980). Denial and helplessness in cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy: sex differences and implications for prognosis. Cancer, 45(12), 3086-3089.
Levy, S. M., Herberman, R. B., Simons, A., Whiteside, T., Lee, J., McDonald, R., & Beadle, M. (1989). Persistently low natural killer cell activity in normal adults: immunological, hormonal and mood correlates. Nat Immun Cell Growth Regul, 8(3), 173-186.
Maier, S. F., & Seligman, M. E. (2016). Learned helplessness at fifty: Insights from neuroscience. Psychol Rev, 123(4), 349-367. doi: 10.1037/rev0000033
Maier, S. F., & Watkins, L. R. (2005). Stressor controllability and learned helplessness: the roles of the dorsal raphe nucleus, serotonin, and corticotropin-releasing factor. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 29(4-5), 829-841. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2005.03.021
Seligman, M. E., Railton, P., Baumeister, R. F., & Sripada, C. (2013). Navigating Into the Future or Driven by the Past. Perspect Psychol Sci, 8(2), 119-141. doi: 10.1177/1745691612474317
Seligman, M. E. P., & Visintainer, M. A. (2015). Tumor Rejection and Early Experience of Uncontrollable Shock in the Rat. In F. R. Brush & J. B. Overmier (Eds.), Affect, Conditioning, and Cognition: Essays on the Determinants of Behavior (Vol. 2, pp. 203-210). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
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Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction, Meditation
Biegel, G. M., Brown, K. W., Shapiro, S. L., & Schubert, C. M. (2009). Mindfulness-based stress reduction for the treatment of adolescent psychiatric outpatients: A randomized clinical trial. J Consult Clin Psychol, 77(5), 855-866. doi: 10.1037/a0016241
Bluth, K., & Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A. (2017). Response to a mindful self-compassion intervention in teens: A within-person association of mindfulness, self-compassion, and emotional well-being outcomes. J Adolesc, 57, 108-118. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.04.001
Brown, K. W., West, A. M., Loverich, T. M., & Biegel, G. M. (2011). Assessing adolescent mindfulness: validation of an adapted Mindful Attention Awareness Scale in adolescent normative and psychiatric populations. Psychol Assess, 23(4), 1023-1033. doi: 10.1037/a0021338
Burke, C. A. (2009). Mindfulness-Based Approaches with Children and Adolescents: A Preliminary Review of Current Research in an Emergent Field. Journal of child and Family studies, 19(2), 133-144. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-009-9282-x
Ciarrochi, J., Kashdan, T. B., Leeson, P., Heaven, P., & Jordan, C. (2011). On being aware and accepting: a one-year longitudinal study into adolescent well-being. J Adolesc, 34(4), 695-703. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.09.003
Davis, D. M., & Hayes, J. A. (2011). What are the benefits of mindfulness? A practice review of psychotherapy-related research. Psychotherapy (Chic), 48(2), 198-208. doi: 10.1037/a0022062
Galla, B. M. (2016). Within-person changes in mindfulness and self-compassion predict enhanced emotional well-being in healthy, but stressed adolescents. J Adolesc, 49, 204-217. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.03.016
Lutz, A., Slagter, H. A., Dunne, J. D., & Davidson, R. J. (2008). Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation. Trends Cogn Sci, 12(4), 163-169. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.01.005
Norton, C. L., & Peyton, J. (2017). Mindfulness-Based Practice in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare. Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, 9(1), 7-20.
Posttraumatic Growth, Health-related quality of life, Well Being
Bruce, M. (2006). A systematic and conceptual review of posttraumatic stress in childhood cancer survivors and their parents. Clin Psychol Rev, 26(3), 233-256. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2005.10.002
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Meeske, K. A., Ruccione, K., Globe, D. R., & Stuber, M. L. (2001). Posttraumatic stress, quality of life, and psychological distress in young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum, 28(3), 481-489.
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Schuettler, D., & Boals, A. (2011). The Path to Posttraumatic Growth Versus Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Contributions of Event Centrality and Coping. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 16, 180-194.
Sodergren, S. C., Husson, O., Robinson, J., Rohde, G. E., Tomaszewska, I. M., Vivat, B., . . . Group, E. Q. o. L. (2017). Systematic review of the health-related quality of life issues facing adolescents and young adults with cancer. Qual Life Res, 26(7), 1659-1672. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1520-x
Taïeb, O., Moro, M. R., Baubet, T., Revah-Lévy, A., & Flament, M. F. (2003). Posttraumatic stress symptoms after childhood cancer. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 12(6), 255-264. doi: 10.1007/s00787-003-0352-0
Turner, J. K., Hutchinson, A., & Wilson, C. (2017). Correlates of post-traumatic growth following childhood and adolescent cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychooncology. doi: 10.1002/pon.4577
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Responsibility, Coping, Accountability, Cancer related self-efficacy
Chirico, A., Lucidi, F., Merluzzi, T., Alivernini, F., Laurentiis, M., Botti, G., & Giordano, A. (2017). A meta-analytic review of the relationship of cancer coping self-efficacy with distress and quality of life. Oncotarget, 8(22), 36800-36811. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.15758
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Merluzzi, T. V., Philip, E. J., Heitzmann Ruhf, C. A., Liu, H., Yang, M., & Conley, C. C. (2018). Self-efficacy for coping with cancer: Revision of the Cancer Behavior Inventory (Version 3.0). Psychol Assess, 30(4), 486-499. doi: 10.1037/pas0000483
Neural impact of relationship, isolation
Angier, N. (2018). You Share Everything With Your Bestie. Even Brain Waves., The New York Times.
Cohen, S. (2004). Social relationships and health. Am Psychol, 59(8), 676-684. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.59.8.676
Dunbar, R. I. M. (2018). The Anatomy of Friendship. Trends Cogn Sci, 22(1), 32-51. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.10.004
Parkinson, C., Kleinbaum, A. M., & Wheatley, T. (2018). Similar neural responses predict friendship. Nat Commun, 9(1), 332. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02722-7
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Neural Impact of gratitude
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Fox, G. R., Kaplan, J., Damasio, H., & Damasio, A. (2015). Neural correlates of gratitude. Front Psychol, 6, 1491. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01491
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Jones, S. M., Ziebell, R., Walker, R., Nekhlyudov, L., Rabin, B. A., Nutt, S., . . . Chubak, J. (2017). Association of worry about cancer to benefit finding and functioning in long-term cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer, 25(5), 1417-1422. doi: 10.1007/s00520-016-3537-z
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Chatwin, H., Stapleton, P., Porter, B., Devine, S., & Sheldon, T. (2016). The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotional Freedom Techniques in Reducing Depression and Anxiety Among Adults: A Pilot Study. Integr Med (Encinitas), 15(2), 27-34.
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Giese-Davis, J., Bliss-Isberg, C., Carson, K., Star, P., Donaghy, J., Cordova, M. J., . . . Spiegel, D. (2006). The effect of peer counseling on quality of life following diagnosis of breast cancer: an observational study. Psychooncology, 15(11), 1014-1022. doi: 10.1002/pon.1037
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McGinn, L. K. (2000). Cognitive behavioral therapy of depression: theory, treatment, and empirical status. Am J Psychother, 54(2), 257-262.
Physiological impact of nature
Frumkin, H., Bratman, G. N., Breslow, S. J., Cochran, B., Kahn, P. H., Lawler, J. J., . . . Wood, S. A. (2017). Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda. Environ Health Perspect, 125(7), 075001. doi: 10.1289/EHP1663
Li, Q. (2010). Effect of forest bathing trips on human immune function. Environ Health Prev Med, 15(1), 9-17. doi: 10.1007/s12199-008-0068-3
Li, Q., Nakadai, A., Matsushima, H., Miyazaki, Y., Krensky, A. M., Kawada, T., & Morimoto, K. (2006). Phytoncides (wood essential oils) induce human natural killer cell activity. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol, 28(2), 319-333. doi: 10.1080/08923970600809439
Park, B. J., Tsunetsugu, Y., Kasetani, T., Kagawa, T., & Miyazaki, Y. (2010). The physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the forest atmosphere or forest bathing): evidence from field experiments in 24 forests across Japan. Environ Health Prev Med, 15(1), 18-26. doi: 10.1007/s12199-009-0086-9
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Yamaguchi, M., Deguchi, M., & Miyazaki, Y. (2006). The effects of exercise in forest and urban environments on sympathetic nervous activity of normal young adults. J Int Med Res, 34(2), 152-159. doi: 10.1177/147323000603400204
Optimism/Depression and immune function
Beauregard, M., Lévesque, J., & Bourgouin, P. (2001). Neural correlates of conscious self-regulation of emotion. J Neurosci, 21(18), RC165.
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Goleman, D. (1989). Psychology; Researchers find that optimism helps the body's defense system, The New York Times, pp. B14-B15.
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McClelland, D. C., Floor, E., Davidson, R. J., & Saron, C. (1980). Stressed power motivation, sympathetic activation, immune function, and illness. J Human Stress, 6(2), 11-19. doi: 10.1080/0097840X.1980.9934531
Exercise and immune function
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Pet Therapy
Bardill, N., & Hutchinson, S. (1997). Animal-assisted therapy with hospitalized adolescents. J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs, 10(1), 17-24.
Bouchard, F., Landry, M., Belles-Isles, M., & Gagnon, J. (2004). A magical dream: a pilot project in animal-assisted therapy in pediatric oncology. Can Oncol Nurs J, 14(1), 14-17.
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Chubak, J., Hawkes, R., Dudzik, C., Foose-Foster, J. M., Eaton, L., Johnson, R. H., & Macpherson, C. F. (2017). Pilot Study of Therapy Dog Visits for Inpatient Youth With Cancer. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs, 34(5), 331-341. doi: 10.1177/1043454217712983
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Hester, M. (2017). Puppy brigade reports for duty. Contemporary Pediatrics, 15-21.
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End of life/Quality of Life
Chirico, A., Serpentini, S., Merluzzi, T., Mallia, L., Del Bianco, P., Martino, R., . . . Giordano, A. (2017). Self-efficacy for Coping Moderates the Effects of Distress on Quality of Life in Palliative Cancer Care. Anticancer Res, 37(4), 1609-1615. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.11491
Wiener, L., Zadeh, S., Battles, H., Baird, K., Ballard, E., Osherow, J., & Pao, M. (2012). Allowing adolescents and young adults to plan their end-of-life care. Pediatrics, 130(5), 897-905. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-0663
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