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The objective of this study was to verify whether levels of perceived social support are associated with psychosocial functioning in women who have had a mastectomy and whether specific types of social support are linked to specific indices of functioning.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1478951519000774_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Seventy women with a history of mastectomy completed questionnaires measuring their psychosocial functioning as related to their health status: Disease-Related Appraisal Scale, Acceptance of Life with the Disease Scale and Beck Depression Inventory. All participants also completed a measure of perceived social support (Disease-Related Social Support Scale).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1478951519000774_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Women who reported higher levels of perceived social support revealed statistically significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms, higher appraisals of their disease in terms of challenge and value, and lower appraisals of their disease in terms of obstacle\/loss. Women with greater social support also revealed higher levels of acceptance of life with the disease compared to those with less social support. Regression analyses showed that spiritual support was the type of support that significantly accounted for the variance in the majority of functioning indices. 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