Do Future Limitation Perspective in Cancer Patients Predict Fear of Cancer Recurrence, Mental Distress, and the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Activity?

Life-threatening diseases (e.g., cancer) affect people’s future time perspective (FTP) and affect their mental health. When one’s lifetime is perceived as running out, the individual possesses a future limitation perspective (FLP), which is one of factors in FTP. In this study, we explored the struc...

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Main Authors: Jia Zhou, Pan Feng, Xiaofei Lu, Xingping Han, Yanli Yang, Jingjing Song, Guangyu Jiang, Yong Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00420/full