Illness Perceptions and Emotional Health in Adolescent Cancer Survivors: Exploratory Associations With Mindfulness

Key Points

• This research aims to explore how illness perceptions relate to emotional health in adolescent cancer survivors and the role of mindfulness.
• Examined associations between illness perceptions and emotional health outcomes in adolescent cancer survivors.
• Investigated the role of mindfulness as a potential mechanism influencing these associations.
• Adolescent cancer survivors with maladaptive illness perceptions tend to have poorer emotional health outcomes.
• Mindfulness practices may mitigate negative emotional health effects by positively influencing illness perceptions.