Makhoul Khoury Siwar, Ben-Zur Hasida, Ben-Arush Myriam
Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2018 Nov;27(6):e12906. doi: 10.1111/ecc.12906. Epub 2018 Aug 24.
The study explored the adjustment of Arab mothers of children diagnosed with cancer, as shown by the mothers' distress and quality of life. The aim was twofold: to examine the associations between educational level, psychosocial resources and adjustment indices and to assess the moderating effects of psychosocial resources on the education and adjustment association. The sample consisted of 100 Arab mothers who completed questionnaires assessing demographic and illness variables, mastery, social support, psychological distress and quality of life. High levels of education and psychosocial resources contributed to low distress and high levels of quality of life. Mastery and social support moderated the effects of education on adjustment: Under low levels of education, higher mastery was related to lower distress and higher quality of life, and higher social support was related to lower distress. Education, mastery and social support are important resources in the context of adjustment to cancer. In addition, psychosocial resources are important factors for adjustment under low levels of education and should be taken into consideration when developing intervention programmes for Arab parents coping with their child's cancer.
该研究探讨了被诊断患有癌症儿童的阿拉伯母亲的适应情况，这通过母亲的痛苦程度和生活质量得以体现。目的有两个：一是检验教育水平、心理社会资源与适应指标之间的关联，二是评估心理社会资源对教育与适应关联的调节作用。样本包括100名阿拉伯母亲，她们完成了评估人口统计学和疾病变量、掌控感、社会支持、心理痛苦和生活质量的问卷。高教育水平和心理社会资源有助于降低痛苦程度并提高生活质量。掌控感和社会支持调节了教育对适应的影响：在低教育水平下，更高的掌控感与更低的痛苦程度以及更高的生活质量相关，更高的社会支持与更低的痛苦程度相关。在适应癌症的背景下，教育、掌控感和社会支持是重要资源。此外，心理社会资源是低教育水平下适应的重要因素，在为应对孩子患癌的阿拉伯父母制定干预计划时应予以考虑。
