Laboratory for Applied Psychology, Psychology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Psychooncology. 2018 Apr;27(4):1298-1304. doi: 10.1002/pon.4672. Epub 2018 Mar 5.
In the present study, we examined whether 4 support quality-related characteristics moderate the impact of received partner support on positive affect of patients with cancer. The support quality-related characteristics were patients' perception regarding the willingness of their partners to offer support, patients' perception that partner support is certain, patients' satisfaction with partner relationship, and overall patients' satisfaction with partner support.
Seventy-seven recently diagnosed patients with cancer were assessed at 2 time points, during chemotherapy treatment (baseline) and 7 months later (follow-up). Two types of received support were examined, emotional support and advice-guidance from partner. Multiple regression analyses were performed to determine the moderating effect of the quality-related variables on the relationship between received support at baseline and patient's positive affect at 7-month follow-up.
Results showed that all 4 quality-related characteristics had a moderating role (f ranged between .06 and .16, P < .05). Emotional support predicted positive affect only when patients reported high partner willingness to offer support, considered the partner support certain, were satisfied with the partner relationship (a trend), and were satisfied with the received support. In contrast, when patients perceived their partners as unwilling to provide support and were dissatisfied with the relationship, support (both emotional and advice-guidance and advice-guidance, respectively) exhibited a negative impact on positive affect.
The findings suggest that only when the quality of support is high does social support have a positive impact on patients' positive affect.
本研究旨在探讨 4 种与支持质量相关的特征是否能调节患者从伴侣处获得的支持对其积极情绪的影响。这些与支持质量相关的特征包括：患者对伴侣提供支持意愿的感知、患者对伴侣支持的确定性感知、患者对伴侣关系的满意度以及患者对伴侣支持的整体满意度。
77 名最近被诊断患有癌症的患者在化疗治疗期间（基线）和 7 个月后（随访）进行了 2 次评估。本研究考察了两种类型的获得的支持，即来自伴侣的情感支持和建议指导。采用多元回归分析来确定这些与质量相关的变量在基线时获得的支持与 7 个月后患者积极情绪之间的关系中的调节作用。
结果表明，所有 4 种与质量相关的特征都起到了调节作用（f 值在 0.06 到 0.16 之间，P<.05）。只有当患者报告伴侣有很高的提供支持的意愿、认为伴侣的支持是确定的、对伴侣关系感到满意（呈趋势）以及对获得的支持感到满意时，情感支持才能预测积极情绪。相比之下，当患者认为伴侣不愿意提供支持且对关系不满意时，支持（情感支持和建议指导）对积极情绪都产生了负面影响。
研究结果表明，只有当支持的质量较高时，社会支持才会对患者的积极情绪产生积极影响。
