Identifying factors fostering post-traumatic growth (PTG) is very
important to promote PTG itself through specific psychological
interventions. To this end, we investigated PTG and its relationship
with clinical and psychological variables in a sample of 108 female
breast cancer survivors. Results showed that women with higher
depressive symptoms presented lower levels of PTG than women
without. Moreover, women who had undergone combined
treatment presented higher levels of PTG than women who had not.
The results highlighted the resulting importance of psychological
intervention focusing on depressive symptoms, which negatively
interfere with the patients’ psychological growth.
