Ziółkowska Natalia, Bargiel-Matusiewicz Kamilla, Gruszczyńska Ewa
Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chodakowska Street 19/31, 03-815 Warsaw, Poland.
Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Stawki Street 5/7, 00-183 Warsaw, Poland.
J Clin Med. 2022 Feb 19;11(4):1113. doi: 10.3390/jcm11041113.
The main aim of this study was to analyze the eudaimonic and hedonic well-being of parents of children with cancer by considering the role of a global stressor-the COVID-19 pandemic. One group of parents was assessed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the other was assessed before it occurred. It was hypothesized that there may be a cumulative effect of stress, with parents expressing lower well-being during the pandemic due to the accumulation of stress related to their child's illness and the pandemic. In total, 310 parents participated in the study. Following propensity score matching, 111 pairs were established. The results of the comparative analyses did not support the hypothesis, as the groups did not differ significantly in their reported levels of either eudaimonic (F (1.93) = 0.11, = 0.75, η= 0.001) or hedonic well-being (F (1.100) = 0.02, = 0.89, η = 0.0001). These findings showed a limited effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of parents of children with cancer. The oncological disease of a child is likely to be the central and the strongest factor for the parents, meaning that an additional, global stressor does not cause deeper exacerbation of their well-being.
本研究的主要目的是通过考虑一个全球性应激源——新冠疫情的作用，来分析癌症患儿父母的幸福安康感和享乐幸福感。一组父母在新冠疫情期间接受评估，另一组在疫情发生前接受评估。研究假设可能存在应激的累积效应，即由于与孩子疾病和疫情相关的应激积累，父母在疫情期间的幸福感较低。共有310名父母参与了这项研究。经过倾向得分匹配，建立了111对。比较分析的结果不支持该假设，因为两组在报告的幸福安康感水平（F(1.93)=0.11，p = 0.75，η=0.001）或享乐幸福感水平（F(1.100)=0.02，p = 0.89，η = 0.0001）上没有显著差异。这些发现表明，新冠疫情对癌症患儿父母幸福感的影响有限。孩子的肿瘤疾病可能是父母幸福感的核心且最主要因素，这意味着额外的全球性应激源不会导致他们的幸福感进一步恶化。
