Unchanging dynamics in posttraumatic growth in cancer patients: ways of coping and illness perception
| Autor: | Seda Bayraktar, Mine Ozkan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 14 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 18633544 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1223131 |
| Popis: | IntroductionThis study aims to address the positive changes due to traumatic experiences, such as being diagnosed with cancer and experiencing this disease for a certain period. Within this purpose, socio-demographic and disease-related variables, coping ways and illness perceptions that affect posttraumatic growth in cancer patients were examined. Secondly, the findings of this study, which is one of the first studies on posttraumatic growth in cancer patients in Turkey, were compared with the findings of current studies on the subject.MethodDatums were collected by an interview form and three scales (Posttraumatic Growth Scale, Ways of Coping Inventory and Illness Perception Scale-R) to 78 cancer outpatients in Istanbul University Oncology Institute in 2007.ResultsResults showed that cancer patients have higher posttraumatic growth levels than the mean. According to analysis, posttraumatic growth total score between confrontive coping (t = −2.344, p |
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