癌症患者创伤后生长的不变动态:应对方法和疾病感知
1Faculty of Literature, Department of Psychology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Türkiye.
Frontiers in psychology
|September 22, 2023
概括
癌症患者表现出显著的创伤后生长,受到应对策略和疾病感知的影响. 这些发现强调了心理因素在适应癌症方面的重要性,显示了跨文化的一致性.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 健康科学 卫生科学 卫生科学
背景情况:
- 创伤经历,如癌症诊断,可以导致显著的心理变化.
- 创伤后成长 (PTG) 是指由于逆境而经历的积极心理变化.
- 了解影响癌症患者PTG的因素对于支持性护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查影响癌症患者PTG的社会人口统计学,疾病相关变量,应对策略和疾病感知.
- 将土耳其癌症患者的研究结果与现有的PTG国际文献进行比较.
- 在癌症存活率的背景下,确定PTG的关键预测因素.
主要方法:
- 2007年,伊斯坦布尔大学瘤研究所的一项涉及78名癌症门诊患者的横截面研究.
- 数据收集采用了采访表格和验证的尺度:创伤后生长尺度,应对方式库存和疾病感知尺度-R.
- 进行了统计分析,以确定变量与PTG之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 癌症患者报告的创伤后生长水平高于平均水平.
- 特定的应对策略 (例如,积极的重新评估,自我控制,寻求社会支持) 和疾病感知与PTG有显著的关联.
- 积极的重新评估,自我控制和保持距离成为整体PTG的重要预测因素.
结论:
- 应对方式和疾病感知是影响癌症患者创伤后生长的关键变量.
- 该研究的结果与国际研究一致,表明普遍因素有助于PTG.
- 这些结果强调了心理干预的重要性,以促进癌症诊断后的弹性和成长.
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