Cunningham A J, Lockwood G A, Cunningham J A
Patient Educ Couns. 1991 Feb;17(1):71-8. doi: 10.1016/0738-3991(91)90052-7.
The quality of life of cancer patients may be influenced by the degree of control they feel able to exert over stressful situations arising from having the disease. We were able to test this association using a newly developed instrument, the Stanford Inventory of Cancer Patient Adjustment which assesses perceived self-efficacy, that is, perceived ability to enact coping strategies. In a heterogeneous sample of 273 cancer patients a strong positive correlation was found between self-efficacy and quality of life and between self-efficacy and mood. Improvements in all three measures brought about by a brief, group program teaching coping skills were also highly correlated. By contrast, no significant association was seen between improvement in mood or quality of life and amount of home practice of coping skills.
癌症患者的生活质量可能会受到他们对因患癌而产生的压力状况所感受到的控制程度的影响。我们能够使用一种新开发的工具——斯坦福癌症患者适应量表来检验这种关联，该量表评估的是自我效能感，即实施应对策略的感知能力。在一个由273名癌症患者组成的异质性样本中，自我效能感与生活质量之间以及自我效能感与情绪之间都发现了很强的正相关。一项简短的、教授应对技能的团体项目所带来的这三项指标的改善也高度相关。相比之下，情绪或生活质量的改善与应对技能的家庭练习量之间未发现显著关联。
