Tanyi Zsuzsanna, Bugán Antal, Szluha Kornélia
DEOEC NK, Magatartastudomanyi Intezet, Debrecen, Hungary.
Psychiatr Hung. 2012;27(4):277-85.
Cancer as a psychological trauma can result in development of psychopathological disorders (e.g. depression), and also positive changes experienced in numerous domains of life (e.g. greater appreciation of life). Cognitivists tried to explain the potential traumatic impact of the adversities with the phenomenon that most of the people's world concepts are full of positive illusions and they mostly lack the idea that tragedies can occur also with them. However, this naive worldview can be altered by a trauma in a negative way. Moreover, according to the theory of cognitive adaptation certain positive illusions (perception of personal control, self-enhancement, unrealistic optimism, search for meaning) become even more activated by traumatic life events helping the adjustment to the adversity. More recently, researches have succeeded in proving the role of positive illusions in maintaining mental and physical health. The aim of the present study is to review the potential psychological consequences of cancer as a trauma and to display the schema-changes of trauma victims through the phenomenon of positive illusions.
癌症作为一种心理创伤，可能导致精神病理障碍（如抑郁症）的发展，同时也会在生活的许多领域带来积极的变化（如对生活有更高的欣赏度）。认知主义者试图用这样一种现象来解释逆境可能带来的创伤影响：大多数人的世界观充满了积极的幻想，他们大多没有意识到悲剧也可能降临到自己身上。然而，这种天真的世界观可能会因创伤而产生负面改变。此外，根据认知适应理论，某些积极的幻想（对个人控制的感知、自我提升、不切实际的乐观主义、对意义的探寻）会因创伤性的生活事件而被进一步激活，有助于人们适应逆境。最近，研究成功证明了积极幻想在维持身心健康方面的作用。本研究的目的是回顾癌症作为一种创伤可能产生的心理后果，并通过积极幻想现象展示创伤受害者的图式变化。
