Emotions that Come With Cancer

Hello,

I know everybody is sure to be really busy, but I was wondering if anybody would be willing to take 15 minutes out of their day share a little bit about their personal experience dealing with cancer. I am interested in learning about what emotions you might experience as you battle the disease.

If you are willing to share, please visit: cancerpsych.com. At this web address, you will find a brief (15 minute) survey which will ask you questions about your health, and emotions., At the end, it actually generates feedback on your personality too.

Again, if you are willing to help out, please visit the site cancerpsych.com. Thank you in advance for your participation.

Sincerely,
Samantha

Also, please note that I have contacted the forum moderators and have received permission to post the link to my survey from Peter.

David:
I believe it states that in the last line of her posting.

Welcome to the forum Samantha
- I hope your survey can help you in your studies and in turn, help others cope with PCa and other cancers.
Bronson

Interesting would be an understatement.... Will take me some time to go back and read the results...

EDIT:
The survey is about 120 questions, anonymous, and takes 10-15 minutes. These are the steps:

* Provide consent. Agree that you are at least 40 and have cancer
* Provide demographic information (gender, age, etc)
* Complete surveys about personality, emotions, preferences, and health
* Get customized feedback about your personality, skills in delaying gratification, and emotional intelligence
* Enter into a monthly drawing for $100 (optional)

Post Edited (Steve n Dallas) : 1/18/2012 2:30:14 PM (GMT-7)

Confirmed with Peter.

Interestingly enough I started to take the survey but was booted out to another survey after Question "J".  That's where I answered that I had cancer in the past but was no longer in treatment.  I suspect this ties in to past discussions on this forum where we discuss whether or not we "have" or "had" cancer.  Since, I am no longer in current treatment I assume I "had" it.  Guess that says something right there about my psyche on the subject...

Tudpock (Jim)

wow, what an intense survey. took me a good while to get through it all, and found the results pertaining to me intersting and pretty well accurate about how i feel. worth doing if you have the time

david

Hello again everybody,

Thank you so much for your participation! I am happy that it seems to have been an enjoyable process. I just wanted to let you know that last week was our greatest week yet, as far as having people complete the survey.

Thanks again,
Samantha

Hello again. Thanks for taking the survey! In response to your question, there are a couple questions in there that are just to make sure you're still paying attention! Glad you caught it!

Best,
Samantha

Thank you so much, I hope you enjoyed it!

Best,
Samantha

Yes, Mel, you are correct! The Principal Investigator on the study is Dr. Michael Hoerger (Central Michigan University, 2010). Thank you for taking the survey!

Samantha

Mel,

I'm not entirely sure - he is out of town at the time but when he gets back I'll be sure to ask him and get back to you.

Best,
Samantha

I will check back with you on that when my boss is in town next week. Thanks for taking the survey!

Hi Mal - Thanks so much for completing the survey.  I'm glad you found it interesting!