Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
J Psychol. 2012 Sep-Oct;146(5):471-83. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2012.654520.
The aim of the present study was to examine if coping strategies mediate dispositional optimism-posttraumatic growth relation in postoperative breast cancer patients. The data were collected from 90 patients in two hospitals. Regression analyses revealed that problem-focused coping fully mediated dispositional optimism-posttraumatic growth relation, but emotion-focused coping did not. That is, postoperative breast cancer patients who were optimistic were more likely to use problem-focused coping strategies that, in turn, led to the development of posttraumatic growth. The findings were congruent with the literature in which problem-focused coping was mostly highlighted as compared to emotion-focused coping, and in which optimism and problem-focused coping relationship was emphasized in the path of posttraumatic growth.
本研究旨在探讨应对策略是否在乳腺癌术后患者的特质乐观与创伤后成长之间起中介作用。研究数据来自两所医院的 90 名患者。回归分析结果显示，问题聚焦应对完全中介了特质乐观与创伤后成长之间的关系，而情绪聚焦应对则没有。也就是说，乐观的乳腺癌术后患者更有可能使用问题聚焦应对策略，而这些策略又会导致创伤后成长的发展。这些发现与文献一致，在文献中，与情绪聚焦应对相比，问题聚焦应对更受关注，而且在创伤后成长的路径中强调了乐观和问题聚焦应对之间的关系。
