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Ms.Seanna Mackey
from October Issue 169
by CHROMESC.COM
Article By Nicole CGW
The Motorcycle community has always had a large outpouring of support for Breast Cancer fundraising. Hundreds of fundraising events are held ALL year in SC, not just October! These events are especially for those battling the disease & many other events are for the Awareness.
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The United States National Library of Medicine at the National
Institutes of Health, published and an article based on their research correlating between motorcycles and Breast Cancer.
Below is a summary of their findings; pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Motorcycles And Breast Cancer:
The Influence Of Peer Support & Challenge On Distress And Post traumatic Growth
B A Morris 1, S K Chambers, M Campbell, M Dwyer, J Dunn Affiliations expand PMID: 21983863 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1287-5 Abstract
Purpose: Peer support programs based on exercise or challenge activities may have potential to improve well-being for women diagnosed with breast cancer. The current study investigated the role of social comparison and social identity based on group membership on post traumatic growth (PTG) and distress.
Methods: Fifty-one women diagnosed with breast cancer who participated in a 1,000 mi group motorcycle ride completed pre- and post-ride surveys. Participants had a mean age of ~50 years and their average time since diagnosis was ~6.5 years.
Results: Cancer-related distress significantly decreased after the ride!
Post traumatic growth did not significantly differ after the ride, which may have been a result of a ceiling effect on this measure. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that pre-ride post traumatic growth and upward social comparison during the ride were related to post-ride post traumatic growth. Pre-ride distress was the only variable to remain significantly related to post-ride distress.
Conclusions: The results of the current study highlight the potential for challenge-based activities to provide a positive peer support environment for women diagnosed with breast cancer. Identifying factors that promote personal growth and reduce cancer-related distress allow us to create a model for the delivery of these challenge-based peer support activities.
