Manne S, DuHamel K, Redd W H
Division of Population Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Cheltenham, PA 19012, USA.
Psychooncology. 2000 Sep-Oct;9(5):372-84. doi: 10.1002/1099-1611(200009/10)9:5<372::aid-pon471>3.0.co;2-1.
The current study investigated whether individual differences in coping style, lifetime experience of traumatic events, perceived social support, and perceived social constraints were associated with symptoms of post-traumatic stress among 72 mothers of children who had successfully completed cancer treatment. Results suggested that more perceived social constraints and less perceived belonging support were associated with significantly more post-traumatic stress symptomatology, and this association was present after controlling for the effects of child age. Monitoring coping style and lifetime traumatic events were not significantly predictive of post-traumatic stress symptoms. The results of this study indicate that a sense of belonging to a social network as well as comfort expressing cancer-related thoughts and feelings to friends and family may play a key role in mothers' long-term adjustment to this extremely difficult life experience.
本研究调查了72名孩子已成功完成癌症治疗的母亲在应对方式、创伤事件的终生经历、感知到的社会支持和感知到的社会限制方面的个体差异是否与创伤后应激症状相关。结果表明，更多的感知到的社会限制和更少的感知到的归属感支持与显著更多的创伤后应激症状相关，并且在控制了孩子年龄的影响后这种关联依然存在。监控应对方式和终生创伤事件并不能显著预测创伤后应激症状。本研究结果表明，归属于社会网络的感觉以及向朋友和家人表达与癌症相关的想法和感受时的舒适感，可能在母亲对这一极其艰难的生活经历的长期适应中起关键作用。
