Emotional self-efficacy, stressful life events, and satisfaction with social support in relation to mood disturbance among women living with breast cancer in rural communities

This study evaluated the relationships of emotional self-efficacy, stressful life events, and social support with mood disturbance among women diagnosed with breast cancer who live in rural communities. Eighty-two women completed measures of demographic characteristics, medical status, and psychosocial variables. Using multiple regression analysis, we found that greater mood disturbance was related to having less emotional self-efficacy (p < 0.001) and to having experienced more stressful life events (p = 0.02), while satisfaction with social support was not significantly related to mood disturbance (adjusted R2 = 0.39). Women living with breast cancer in rural communities who have experienced multiple stressful life events may have an increased risk for mood disturbance, whereas having greater emotional self-efficacy may provide resilience against mood disturbance.     

Effects of iEW Synthetic Peptide Isomers on Bone Marrow Colony-Forming Capacity <Emphasis Type="Italic">In Vivo</Emphasis>

Studies of cooperative effects of D- or L-isomers of iEW dipeptide and neuraminidase on the number of splenic CFU, comparison of the peptide effects on CD34⁺ cells and splenic CFU, and evaluation of the effects of iEW D- or L-isomers on parameters of T-cell activation showed that interactions of L-(iEW) and D-(iEW) with CD34⁺ surface receptors are realized through the same mechanism, while their different biological effects on hemopoietic precursor cells in vivo can be explained by their different influence on T-component of the microenvironment. __________ Translated from Byulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 140, No. 9, pp. 335–338, September, 2005