About the Authors

Annett Körner

Affiliations Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Louise-Granofsky-Psychosocial Oncology Program, Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada, Psychosocial Oncology Program, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada

Adina Coroiu

Affiliation Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Laura Copeland

Affiliation Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Carlos Gomez-Garibello

Affiliation Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Cornelia Albani

Affiliation University of Leipzig, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Leipzig, Germany

Markus Zenger

markus.zenger@hs-magdeburg.de

Affiliations University of Leipzig, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Leipzig, Germany, University of Leipzig, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Leipzig, Germany

Elmar Brähler

Affiliations University of Leipzig, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Leipzig, Germany, Faculty of Applied Human Studies, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg and Stendal, Stendal, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK AC LC CGG. Performed the experiments: AK AC LC CGG. Analyzed the data: AK AC CGG MZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK AC CGG MZ. Wrote the paper: AK AC LC MZ. Obtained ethics approval for the study: CA MZ EB. Coordinated data collection: CA MZ EB. Critical review of final version of the manuscript: CA MZ EB.