Nakatani Yuki, Iwamitsu Yumi, Kuranami Masaru, Okazaki Shigemi, Yamamoto Kenji, Watanabe Masahiko, Miyaoka Hitoshi
Department of Medical Psychology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0373, Japan.
Shinrigaku Kenkyu. 2012 Jun;83(2):126-34. doi: 10.4992/jjpsy.83.126.
This study examined the relationship between emotional suppression and psychological distress in response to a diagnosis related to breast cancer. After their first visit, 31 patients with breast cancer and 90 with benign breast conditions completed the courtauld emotional control scale (CECS) and the profile of mood states (POMS) and were interviewed about their concerns after being diagnosed. Breast cancer and benign breast condition patients were divided into separate emotional suppression groups or emotional expression groups based on their median CECS score. The POMS scores of breast cancer patients were higher than those of benign breast condition patients; scores in the emotional suppression groups were higher than in the emotional expression groups. Breast cancer patients in the emotional suppression group expressed more negative emotions and fewer positive emotions than benign breast condition patients. Our results suggest that patients who suppressed their emotions experienced and reported more psychological distress when diagnosed with breast cancer.
本研究调查了乳腺癌相关诊断引发的情绪抑制与心理困扰之间的关系。在首次就诊后，31名乳腺癌患者和90名乳腺良性疾病患者完成了考陶尔德情绪控制量表（CECS）和情绪状态剖面图（POMS），并在被诊断后接受了关于其担忧的访谈。乳腺癌患者和乳腺良性疾病患者根据其CECS得分中位数被分为不同的情绪抑制组或情绪表达组。乳腺癌患者的POMS得分高于乳腺良性疾病患者；情绪抑制组的得分高于情绪表达组。情绪抑制组的乳腺癌患者比乳腺良性疾病患者表达出更多负面情绪和更少正面情绪。我们的结果表明，情绪受到抑制的患者在被诊断为乳腺癌时经历并报告了更多的心理困扰。
