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Quality of Relationships and Caregiver Burden: A Longitudinal Study of Caregivers for Advanced Cancer Patients by Sun, Rongjun, Francis, Linda E

“…Abstract Objectives In a longitudinal design, this study investigates the role of the quality of relationships in the well-being of caregivers for a family…”
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Bereavement Adaptation as Deflection Reduction: Bereaved Caregivers Define the Event of Dying by Francis, Linda E., Alinor, Malissa

“…Affect control theory (ACT) has the potential to extend dominant understandings of adaptation to bereavement. Using narratives from bereaved caregivers, we…”
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The longitudinal relationship between quality of life and survival in advanced stage cancer by Kypriotakis, George, Vidrine, Damon J., Francis, Linda E., Rose, Julia H.

“…Objectives Quality of Life (QoL) at baseline is frequently found to be a prognostic factor in cancer studies. However, little is known about the relationship…”
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Two Faces of Self and Emotion in Symbolic Interactionism: From Process to Structure and Culture—And Back by Francis, Linda E., Adams, Richard E.

“…During the heyday of modernist sociology, two theories emerged within symbolic interaction, each attempting to refine and extend aspects of Mead’s framework:…”
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The Affective Self: Perseverance of Self-Sentiments in Late-Life Dementia by Francis, Linda E., Lively, Kathryn J., König, Alexandra, Hoey, Jesse

“…The self has long been construed as a rational, cognitive construct; the cognitive decline of dementia has therefore been largely viewed as the loss of self…”
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Relationship quality and burden among caregivers for late-stage cancer patients by Francis, Linda E., Worthington, Julie, Kypriotakis, Georgios, Rose, Julia H.

“…Objective This study explores how caregiver relationship quality with family, patient, and patient’s health care provider (HCP) is associated with subjective…”
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Cancer patient age and family caregiver bereavement outcomes by Francis, Linda E., Kypriotakis, Georgios, O’Toole, Elizabeth E., Rose, Julia Hannum

“…Purpose This study drew on life course theory to argue that the strains of cancer caregiving and bereavement are modified by the age of the patient. We…”
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Preferences for aggressive care in underserved populations with advanced-stage lung cancer: looking beyond race and resuscitation by Kypriotakis, George, Francis, Linda E., O’Toole, Elizabeth, Towe, Tanyanika Phillips, Rose, Julia Hannum

“…Purpose This paper examines the relationship between race, religiousness, spiritual well-being, antitumor treatment and preference for aggressive care among…”
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Word on the Street: Engaging Local Leaders in a Dialogue About Prostate Cancer Among African Americans by Schoenfeld, Elinor R., Francis, Linda E.

“…African American men face the highest rates of prostate cancer, yet with no consensus for screening and treatment, making informed health care decisions is…”
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Laughter, the Best Mediation: Humor as Emotion Management in Interaction by Francis, Linda E.

“…Recent work in emotions and emotion management suggests that humor is a social phenomenon and serves an important purpose in interaction. That is, humor can be…”
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Relationships and emotional wellbeing among African American and White advanced cancer caregivers by Francis, Linda E, Bowman, Karen F, Kypriotakis, George, Rose, Julia Hannum

“…Abstract Objective Advanced cancer family caregivers who have good relationships with other family members and with patient's health care providers (PHCPs)…”
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Grief and Risk of Depression in Context: The Emotional Outcomes of Bereaved Cancer Caregivers by Francis, Linda E., Kypriotakis, Georgios, O’Toole, Elizabeth E., Bowman, Karen F., Rose, Julia Hannum

“…We investigated the relationships of grief and depression to cancer caregiving in early bereavement. We began with three expectations: (a) each outcome would…”
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Consumer Staff and the Role of Personal Experience in Mental Health Services by Colson, Paul W., Francis, Linda E.

“…The unique contributions of consumer staff are increasingly being recognized in mental health settings. However, little attention has been given to these…”
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Ideology and Interpersonal Emotion Management: Redefining Identity in Two Support Groups by Francis, Linda E.

“…This ethnographic study demonstrates the process by which our emotions are constructed not only by ourselves but also by others. Support groups for divorce or…”
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Pregnant and Poor in the Suburb: The Experiences of Economically Disadvantaged Women of Color with Prenatal Services in a Wealthy Suburban County by FRANCIS, Linda E, BERGER, Candyce S, GIARDINI, Marianne, STEINMAN, Carolyn, KIM, Karina

“…This study explores the perinatal care experiences of disadvantaged women of color in a wealthy U.S. suburb. The women were asked to discuss the availability…”
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Social vs. Self-Directed Events among Japanese and Americans by Smith, Herman W, Francis, Linda E.

“…Cultural expectations provide meaning to human perceptions of who-does-what-to- whom-where. However, the effects of actions directed at oneself have been much…”
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F1‐05‐01: EMOTIONALLY ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA by König, Alexandra, Francis, Linda E., Hoey, Jesse

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EMOTIONALLY ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA by König, Alexandra, Francis, Linda E., Hoey, Jesse

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Beneficence vs. obligation: challenges of the Americans with Disabilities Act for consumer employment in mental health services by Francis, Linda E, Colson, Paul W, Mizzi, Pamela

“…Involvement of mental health service consumers in the provision of mental health services is a growing model in community mental health. It is, however, a…”
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Word on the Street by Schoenfeld, Elinor R, Francis, Linda E

“…African American men face the highest rates of prostate cancer, yet with no consensus for screening and treatment, making informed health care decisions is…”
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