Sztachańska Joanna, Krejtz Izabela, Nezlek John B
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland.
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznań, Poland.
Front Psychol. 2019 Jun 12;10:1365. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01365. eCollection 2019.
Gratitude can be understood in two ways: as a state of being grateful for things and people, and as a disposition. Research suggests that focusing on reasons for being grateful promotes various aspects of well-being. The present study examined the effectiveness of a gratitude intervention for women with breast cancer. Each day for 2 weeks, 42 women with breast cancer described their psychological well-being, social support, and coping strategies. Women in the intervention condition reported the reasons why they felt grateful that day. Moreover, all participants took part in a pre-test session where trait measures were taken to control for dispositional differences. Listing the reasons for gratitude led to higher levels of daily psychological functioning, greater perceived support, and greater use of adaptive coping strategies. These results suggest that gratitude interventions may improve the lives of oncological patients.
作为一种对事物和人的感恩状态，以及作为一种性情。研究表明，关注感恩的理由能促进幸福感的各个方面。本研究考察了感恩干预对乳腺癌女性患者的效果。在为期2周的时间里，42名乳腺癌女性患者每天描述她们的心理健康状况、社会支持和应对策略。干预组的女性患者汇报她们当天感到感恩的原因。此外，所有参与者都参加了一个预测试环节，在此环节中进行特质测量以控制性情差异。列出感恩的理由会带来更高水平的日常心理功能、更强的感知支持以及更多地使用适应性应对策略。这些结果表明，感恩干预可能会改善肿瘤患者的生活。
