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Problem-focused coping mediates the link between cancer-specific self-efficacy and quality of life: A research letter
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1 Department of Psychology, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla,
Türkiye
2 Department of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara,
Türkiye
3 Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara,
Türkiye
HPR, 026220111 https://doi.org/10.36922/HPR026220111
Received: 27 May 2026 | Revised: 8 August 2026 | Accepted: 11 August 2026 | Published online: 21 August 2026
© 2026 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
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None.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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