a Department of Psychology , University of California , Riverside , California , USA.
b Department of Medical Oncology , Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center , Thomas Jefferson University , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
J Psychosoc Oncol. 2019 Mar-Apr;37(2):160-177. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2018.1555198. Epub 2019 Feb 11.
This study examined word use as an indicator of interpersonal positive reframing in daily conversations of couples coping with breast cancer and as a predictor of stress.
The Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) and Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) were used to examine naturally occurring word use conceptually linked to positive reframing (positive emotion, negative emotion, and cognitive processing words).
Fifty-two couples coping with breast cancer.
Couples wore the EAR, a device participants wear, that audio-recorded over one weekend (>16,000 sound files), and completed self-reports of positive reframing (COPE) and stress (Perceived Stress Scale). LIWC, a software program, measured word use.
Both partners' word use (i.e., positive emotion and cognitive processing words) was associated with their own reported positive reframing, and spouses' word use was also indicative of patients' positive reframing. Results also revealed that, in general, words indicating positive reframing predicted lower levels of stress.
Findings supported the hypothesis that partners-and particularly spouses of breast cancer patients-may assist each other's coping by positively reframing the cancer experience and other negative experiences in conversation.
本研究考察了夫妻双方在应对乳腺癌的日常对话中，用词作为人际正向重述的指标，以及其作为压力预测因子的作用。
采用电子激活记录器（EAR）和语言线索分析与词汇计数（LIWC），对与正向重述（积极情绪、消极情绪和认知处理词）概念上相关的自然发生的用词进行考察。
52 对正在应对乳腺癌的夫妻。
夫妻双方佩戴 EAR，这是一种参与者佩戴的设备，在一个周末（超过 16000 个声音文件）内进行音频录制，并完成正向重述（应对方式问卷）和压力（感知压力量表）的自我报告。LIWC 是一种软件程序，用于测量用词。
夫妻双方的用词（即积极情绪和认知处理词）与他们自己报告的正向重述相关，配偶的用词也能反映出患者的正向重述。研究结果还表明，总体而言，表明正向重述的用词预示着压力水平较低。
研究结果支持了以下假设，即伴侣——尤其是乳腺癌患者的配偶——可能通过在对话中积极地重述癌症经历和其他负面经历来帮助对方应对。
