Brain-Behaviour Research Group, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
School of Science & Technology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
Psychooncology. 2021 Jan;30(1):67-73. doi: 10.1002/pon.5537. Epub 2020 Sep 9.
To test the 'buffering' effect of psychological resilience (PR) upon depression in prostate cancer patients and to also investigate any effects that past or current treatment may have had upon patients' PR as a test of the 'steeling' hypothesis of past adversity upon future resilience.
A total of 576 volunteer prostate cancer patients completed questionnaires about their demographic and treatment variables, and their psychological resilience and depression. Factor analysis was used to identify the underlying components of the resilience measure.
PR was confirmed as an inverse correlate of depression in these men. Additionally, some past and current treatments were found to be significantly associated with patients' psychological resilience in a way suggestive of 'steeling' effects.
These data provide support for the model of PR as being influenced by past experiences of adversity and demonstrate that association for prostate cancer patients.
测试心理弹性(PR)对前列腺癌患者抑郁的“缓冲”效应,并研究过去或当前治疗对患者 PR 的影响,以检验过去逆境对未来韧性的“锤炼”假设。
共有 576 名志愿前列腺癌患者完成了关于其人口统计学和治疗变量、心理弹性和抑郁的问卷。采用因子分析来确定弹性测量的潜在组成部分。
PR 被证实是这些男性抑郁的负相关因素。此外,一些过去和当前的治疗方法与患者的心理弹性显著相关,这表明存在“锤炼”效应。
这些数据支持 PR 受过去逆境经历影响的模型,并证明了前列腺癌患者的这种关联。