がん患者のコーピングと情緒状態

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In order to investigate the changes of coping styles before and after having cancer, and the relationship between coping styles and emotional states among cancer patients, we conducted a study using the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and the Dealing With Illness-Coping Inventory. The coping methods such as active-cognitive, active-behavioral and avoidance and all coping strategies except for avoidance-solitary behaviors were found to be used by sixty breast cancer patients more frequently after having such a disease than before (p<0.001). It was also found that there were positive correlations between active-reliance behaviors and tension-anxiety and depression, between cognitive-passive behaviors and tension-anxiety and lack-of-vigor, between passive-resignation behaviors and depression and confusion, and between avoidancesolitary behaviors and anger-hostility, fatigue and confusion. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that having cancer makes a patient use more frequently avoidance behaviors as well as active coping styles, and the passive/avoidance coping styles are often correlated with negative emotions. These results imply that we should support cancer patients with consideration of their coping styles as well as their emotional states.
日本心身医学会の論文
1995-08-01