Fotiadou Maria, Barlow J H, Powell L A, Langton H
Self-Management Programme, Applied Research Centre in Health & Lifestyle Interventions, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
Psychooncology. 2008 Apr;17(4):401-9. doi: 10.1002/pon.1257.
To identify the characteristics of optimistic parents of children with cancer. To examine the relationship between optimism, anxiety, depression, life satisfaction, coping and subjective health perception in parents of children with cancer and parents of healthy children.
One hundred parents of children with cancer were recruited during attendance at Oncology Out-patient Clinics at a UK Regional Cancer Centre. A comparison group of 117 parents of healthy children was also recruited. All parents completed a questionnaire, providing demographic and medical information relating to the child, dispositional optimism, psychological distress, life satisfaction, coping and subjective health perception.
Parents of children with cancer had higher levels of anxiety, depression, optimism, satisfaction with life and subjective health perception than the comparison group. Optimism was significantly correlated with satisfaction with life, subjective health perception, anxiety and depression in both groups.
The findings highlight the importance of optimism in relationship to psychological distress in parents of children with cancer. Interventions targeting parents' optimism are recommended as a potential source of coping with adversity within this population.
确定患癌儿童的乐观父母的特征。研究患癌儿童的父母与健康儿童的父母在乐观、焦虑、抑郁、生活满意度、应对方式和主观健康认知方面的关系。
在英国一家地区癌症中心的肿瘤门诊招募了100名患癌儿童的父母。还招募了117名健康儿童的父母作为对照组。所有父母都完成了一份问卷，提供了与孩子有关的人口统计学和医学信息、性格乐观程度、心理困扰、生活满意度、应对方式和主观健康认知。
患癌儿童的父母比对照组有更高水平的焦虑、抑郁、乐观、生活满意度和主观健康认知。在两组中，乐观与生活满意度、主观健康认知、焦虑和抑郁都显著相关。
研究结果突出了乐观对于患癌儿童父母心理困扰的重要性。建议针对父母的乐观进行干预，作为这一人群应对逆境的潜在途径。
