Molleman E, Pruyn J, van Knippenberg A
Br J Soc Psychol. 1986 Feb;25 ( Pt 1):1-13. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1986.tb00695.x.
This study focuses on two problems of cancer patients: uncertainty and anxiety. The significance of fellow-patients in coping with uncertainty and anxiety was studied by means of a questionnaire which was completed by 418 patients. The results show that patients who experience uncertainty prefer to address themselves to experts for information. The need for social comparison with fellow-patients increases as information available from experts diminishes. For social comparison patients prefer fellow-patients perceived as equals because they are perceived as most informative. Furthermore, it appears that patients who perceive others as instrumental in reducing uncertainty show a greater need for social comparison as uncertainty increases. Fellow-patients are generally perceived as more informative as more uncertainty is experienced. With increasing anxiety the significance of fellow-patients for evaluation of this anxiety proves to increase. Only at a very high level of anxiety does this significance diminish greatly, presumably because the interaction has negative affective consequences.
不确定性和焦虑。通过对418名患者填写的问卷，研究了病友在应对不确定性和焦虑方面的重要性。结果表明，经历不确定性的患者更倾向于向专家寻求信息。随着从专家处获得的信息减少，与病友进行社会比较的需求增加。对于社会比较，患者更喜欢被视为平等的病友，因为他们被认为提供的信息最多。此外，似乎那些认为他人有助于减少不确定性的患者，随着不确定性的增加，对社会比较的需求也更大。随着经历的不确定性增加，病友通常被认为提供的信息更多。随着焦虑程度的增加，病友对于评估这种焦虑的重要性被证明在增加。只有在焦虑程度非常高时，这种重要性才会大幅下降，大概是因为这种互动会产生负面情感后果。
