Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Psychol Health. 2012;27(6):641-54. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2011.613994. Epub 2011 Sep 6.
To examine how social comparison orientation (SCO) moderates the effects of three types of social comparison information on the global quality of life of cancer patients 2 weeks and 3 months later.
Cancer patients (n=226) were provided with social comparison information just prior to undergoing radiation therapy, using audiotapes. Each participant was confronted with one of three tapes: (1) focusing on procedural aspects, (2) focusing on emotional reactions and (3) focusing on coping strategies.
Quality of life as measured with the Cantril self-anchoring scale [Cantril, H. (1965). The pattern of human concerns. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press].
With increasing SCO, a lower quality of life was reported after listening to the emotion tape, while a higher quality of life was reported after listening to the coping tape. These effects were found 2 weeks as well as 3 months after the radiation therapy had ended.
Social comparison information may have longitudinal effects on quality of life, but these effects are to an important extent dependent on the nature of the information and individual differences in SCO.
探讨社会比较取向（SCO）如何调节三种类型的社会比较信息对癌症患者 2 周和 3 个月后整体生活质量的影响。
癌症患者（n=226）在接受放射治疗前通过录音带获得社会比较信息。每位参与者接触到的录音带内容都不同，分为三种：（1）聚焦于程序方面，（2）聚焦于情绪反应，（3）聚焦于应对策略。
使用 Cantril 自我定位量表（Cantril, H. (1965). The pattern of human concerns. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press）衡量生活质量。
随着 SCO 的增加，在听完情绪录音带后，报告的生活质量较低，而在听完应对策略录音带后，报告的生活质量较高。这些影响在放射治疗结束后 2 周和 3 个月都存在。
社会比较信息可能对生活质量有纵向影响，但这些影响在很大程度上取决于信息的性质和 SCO 的个体差异。
