Basińska Małgorzata Anna, Zalewska-Rydzkowska Danuta, Wolańska Paulina, Junik Roman
Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Endokrynol Pol. 2008 Jan-Feb;59(1):23-8.
Dispositional optimism is a general tendency to positively perceive the world and one's own future. We can consider what kind of connection with ability to cope with difficulties. One situation which is very stressful for an individual is an illness, particularly a chronic one. The aim of the paper was to define the connection between dispositional optimism and acceptance of illness among the group with Graves-Basedow disease. This is autoimmunizational illness and diseases of this kind are particularly sensitive to the influence of psychological factors, as there are many connections between the immune system and the human psyche.
The study group consisted of 59 individuals with Graves-Basedow disease, 50 women and 9 men and 55 of healthy ones, 49 women and 6 men according to age, sex and a level of education. The patients filled out three psychological questionnaires: The Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), The Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS) and The Personal Questionnaire.
of the study in question indicate a lack of differences between individuals with Graves-Basedow disease and healthy ones concerning the level of dispositional optimism. There no differences in the level of dispositional optimism as regards of criterion of health: by the levels of hormones TSH, fT3 and fT4, complications and a time of duration of disease. Instead, if they suffer additionally from others diseases, they have a lower level of dispositional optimism. There exist a connection between intensification of level of dispositional optimism and acceptance of illness among testing group.
The dispositional optimism as a supply of individual helps her or his in adaptation to difficulty situation, which is a chronic disease. It is a reason way it is worth to help of patients to grow it stronger.
气质性乐观是一种积极看待世界和自身未来的总体倾向。我们可以思考它与应对困难能力之间存在何种联系。对个体而言压力极大的一种情况是患病，尤其是慢性病。本文旨在明确格雷夫斯-巴塞多氏病患者群体中气质性乐观与疾病接受度之间的联系。这是一种自身免疫性疾病，此类疾病对心理因素的影响尤为敏感，因为免疫系统与人类心理之间存在诸多关联。
研究组由59例格雷夫斯-巴塞多氏病患者组成，其中50名女性和9名男性，以及55名健康人，根据年龄、性别和教育程度，健康人中有49名女性和6名男性。患者填写了三份心理问卷：修订后的生活取向测试（LOT-R）、疾病接受量表（AIS）和个人问卷。
该研究结果表明，格雷夫斯-巴塞多氏病患者与健康人在气质性乐观水平方面不存在差异。就健康标准而言，在促甲状腺激素（TSH）、游离三碘甲状腺原氨酸（fT3）和游离甲状腺素（fT4）水平、并发症以及疾病持续时间方面，气质性乐观水平没有差异。相反，如果他们还患有其他疾病，其气质性乐观水平较低。在测试组中，气质性乐观水平的增强与疾病接受度之间存在联系。
气质性乐观作为个体的一种特质，有助于其适应慢性病这种困难处境。这正是为何值得帮助患者增强这种特质的一个合理原因。
