Orr E, Meyer J
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 1990;27(3):145-59.
The aim of the present study was to test the hypotheses that minimizing cancer threat is a prevalent and useful coping strategy for breast cancer patients. Forty-nine primary breast cancer patients and a comparison group of 57 healthy women appraised cancer, heart disease and surgery. The hypotheses were confirmed. Breast cancer patients appraised cancer and the two other disease states significantly more optimistically than did healthy respondents. Breast cancer patients appraised the three diseases more optimistically at the beginning of the post-mastectomy year than at its end, and patients with worse prognoses appraised cancer in a more optimistic direction than patients with a more favorable one. More minimization was prospectively related to a better social adjustment.
将癌症威胁降至最低是乳腺癌患者普遍采用且有效的应对策略。49名原发性乳腺癌患者和57名健康女性组成的对照组对癌症、心脏病和手术进行了评估。这些假设得到了证实。乳腺癌患者对癌症以及另外两种疾病状态的评估明显比健康受访者更为乐观。乳腺癌患者在乳房切除术后一年开始时对这三种疾病的评估比结束时更为乐观，预后较差的患者对癌症的评估方向比预后较好的患者更为乐观。更多的威胁最小化与更好的社会适应在预期上相关。
