Department of Communication, Canisius College.
Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State University.
Health Commun. 2022 Nov;37(13):1600-1608. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2021.1909263. Epub 2021 Apr 6.
This study uses social identity theory and communication accommodation theory as lenses to examine former cancer patients' perspectives of the "survivor" label, replacement labels for their experience, and use of survivor services. Semi-structured interviews of 43 former cancer patients offer insight into their unique cancer experiences and explain how these events influence their perceptions of the term survivor. Coders used constant comparison methods to capture six themes related to the participants' impressions of the survivor label. When sharing perceptions of the survivor label, participants expressed language that illustrated convergence (, divergence (, convergence and divergence (), and apathy (. Participants also generated new labels that captured their cancer experiences and six unique themes emerged from these responses. Most of the former cancer patients were aware of survivorship programs; however, relatively few used these programs regularly and cited reasons for nonuse explained by social identity theory.
本研究使用社会认同理论和交际适应理论作为研究视角，调查了前癌症患者对“幸存者”标签的看法、他们经历的替代标签，以及对幸存者服务的使用情况。通过对 43 名前癌症患者的半结构化访谈，深入了解了他们独特的癌症经历，并解释了这些事件如何影响他们对“幸存者”一词的看法。编码员使用恒定比较方法捕捉到了与参与者对幸存者标签的印象相关的六个主题。在分享对幸存者标签的看法时，参与者使用的语言表明了趋同（，分歧（，趋同和分歧（）和冷漠（。参与者还生成了新的标签来描述他们的癌症经历，并且从这些反应中出现了六个独特的主题。大多数前癌症患者都知道生存项目；然而，很少有人经常使用这些项目，并根据社会认同理论解释了不使用的原因。
