Department of Psychology, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Population Health and Disease Prevention, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2020 Mar;33(2):207-215. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2020.1713447. Epub 2020 Jan 12.
Perceiving benefit from a health-related stressor such as cancer has been associated with better psychological adjustment in various cancer populations; however, it has not been studied in the context of young adulthood or gender-related cancer threat. This study investigated the role of benefit finding in psychological adjustment among young adults with testicular cancer, and whether BF moderates cancer-related masculine threat. This study utilizes a cross-sectional design with a diverse sample of young adult testicular cancer survivors. Men with a history of testicular cancer (= 171; age = 25.2, = 3.32) completed questionnaires of benefit finding, cancer-related masculine threat, and indicators of psychological adjustment. Multiple regression analysis revealed that cancer-related masculine threat was associated with worse adjustment across indicators and that benefit finding was related to higher positive affect and lower depressive symptoms. Benefit finding attenuated the potentially adverse effect of cancer-related masculine threat on negative affect and depressive symptoms such that cancer-related masculine threat demonstrated a stronger association with negative affect and depressive symptoms for people with relatively low BF. For young adult men with testicular cancer, finding benefit appears to promote well-being in the face of masculine cancer threat.
从与健康相关的压力源（如癌症）中感知到益处，与各种癌症患者更好的心理调整有关；然而，在青年期或与性别相关的癌症威胁的背景下，这一现象尚未得到研究。本研究调查了在睾丸癌青年患者中，益处发现对心理调整的作用，以及 BF 是否调节与癌症相关的男性威胁。本研究采用横断面设计，对睾丸癌青年幸存者进行了多样化的样本研究。有睾丸癌病史的男性（n=171；年龄=25.2，SD=3.32）完成了益处发现、与癌症相关的男性威胁以及心理调整指标的问卷。多元回归分析显示，与癌症相关的男性威胁与各种指标的调整较差有关，而益处发现与更高的积极情绪和更低的抑郁症状有关。益处发现减弱了与癌症相关的男性威胁对消极情绪和抑郁症状的潜在不利影响，以至于对于相对低 BF 的人来说，与癌症相关的男性威胁与消极情绪和抑郁症状的关联更强。对于患有睾丸癌的青年男性来说，在面对男性癌症威胁时，发现益处似乎可以促进幸福感。
