Song Hayeon, Nam Yujung, Gould Jessica, Sanders W Scott, McLaughlin Margaret, Fulk Janet, Meeske Kathleen A, Ruccione Kathleen S
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2012 Mar-Apr;29(2):80-91. doi: 10.1177/1043454212438964.
This study investigates how cancer survivors construct their identities and the impact on their psychological health, as measured by depression and survivor self-efficacy. Fourteen young adult survivors of pediatric cancer participated in a customized social networking and video blog intervention program, the LIFECommunity, over a 6-month period. Survivors were asked to share their stories on various topics by posting video messages. Those video blog postings, along with survey data collected from participants, were analyzed to see how cancer survivors expressed their identities, and how these identities are associated with survivors' psychosocial outcomes. In survivors who held negative stereotypes about cancer survivors, there was a positive relationship with depression while positive stereotypes had a marginal association with cancer survivor efficacy. Findings indicate that although pediatric cancer survivors often do not publicly discuss a "cancer survivor identity," they do internalize both positive and negative stereotypes about cancer survivorship. It is important for practitioners to be aware of the long-term implications of cancer survivor identity and stereotypes.
本研究调查了癌症幸存者如何构建他们的身份认同以及这对其心理健康的影响，心理健康通过抑郁和幸存者自我效能感来衡量。14名儿童癌症的年轻成年幸存者在6个月的时间里参与了一个定制的社交网络和视频博客干预项目，即生命社区（LIFECommunity）。幸存者被要求通过发布视频信息分享他们在各种主题上的故事。对那些视频博客帖子以及从参与者收集的调查数据进行分析，以了解癌症幸存者如何表达他们的身份认同，以及这些身份认同如何与幸存者的心理社会结果相关联。在对癌症幸存者持有负面刻板印象的幸存者中，与抑郁呈正相关，而正面刻板印象与癌症幸存者效能有微弱关联。研究结果表明，尽管儿童癌症幸存者通常不会公开讨论“癌症幸存者身份”，但他们确实内化了对癌症幸存者的正面和负面刻板印象。从业者意识到癌症幸存者身份和刻板印象的长期影响很重要。
