Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Psychooncology. 2017 Oct;26(10):1569-1575. doi: 10.1002/pon.4334. Epub 2017 Jan 24.
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between cancer patients' ability to share information about their illness with their social network and attachment style dimensions, alexithymia, and quality of life. We hypothesised that ability to share information about one's cancer with family, friends, and medical teams would be positively associated with quality of life and secure attachment and negatively associated with alexithymia.
Forty-five cancer patients were recruited from the Psycho-oncology Unit of the San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital in Rome. We collected anamnestic data and self-report data on social sharing ability, quality of life, alexithymia, and attachment.
Sharing with family (B = 4.66; SE = 1.82; β = .52; SE = 0.20; t(41) = 2.6; P = .0143) was the only predictor of global health status, and attachment security was the only predictor of mean social sharing (B = 0.25; SE = 0.06; β = .63; SE = 0.14; t(41) = 4.4; P < .0001).
Encouraging patients to share information about their experience of cancer may help to improve their quality of life. Attachment security seems to promote social sharing. Psychological assessments of cancer patients should cover both ability to share information about one's cancer with family and attachment security.
本研究旨在探讨癌症患者向社交网络分享疾病相关信息的能力与依恋风格维度、述情障碍和生活质量之间的关系。我们假设，与家人、朋友和医疗团队分享癌症相关信息的能力与生活质量和安全依恋呈正相关，与述情障碍呈负相关。
从罗马圣卡米洛-福拉尼尼医院的心理肿瘤学病房招募了 45 名癌症患者。我们收集了患者的病史资料和社会分享能力、生活质量、述情障碍和依恋的自我报告数据。
与家人的分享（B=4.66；SE=1.82；β=.52；SE=0.20；t(41)=2.6；P=0.0143）是总体健康状况的唯一预测因素，而依恋安全性是平均社会分享的唯一预测因素（B=0.25；SE=0.06；β=.63；SE=0.14；t(41)=4.4；P<.0001）。
鼓励患者分享有关其癌症经历的信息可能有助于提高他们的生活质量。依恋安全性似乎促进了社会分享。对癌症患者的心理评估应包括向家人分享癌症相关信息的能力和依恋安全性。
