Wagner M K, Armstrong D, Laughlin J E
Psychology Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA.
Psychol Rep. 1995 Aug;77(1):147-54. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1995.77.1.147.
To investigate cognitive coping styles and how they might relate to perceived quality of life for individuals seriously ill with cancer 41 mostly elderly, male patients with a wide variety of cancers were administered the Illness Effects Questionnaire, a quality of life measure, the COPE Questionnaire, which samples different coping strategies, and questions regarding beliefs about illness behaviors, expectations about cancer's effects, comparisons of the participants' lives with those of others, feelings since having cancer, and motivation to resist lifestyle disruptions. Six of the belief factors and two of the coping strategies were related to perceived quality of life. If the effects of cancer were less than expected, quality of life was better; with an expectation of a negative effect from the disease, lowered quality of life was perceived. Two coping strategies were related to quality of life, suppression of competing activities and using religious practices. Other relationships were also discussed.
为了调查认知应对方式以及它们如何与癌症重症患者的感知生活质量相关联，41名大多为老年男性且患有多种癌症的患者接受了疾病影响问卷（一种生活质量测量工具）、应对方式问卷（该问卷对不同的应对策略进行抽样）以及关于疾病行为信念、对癌症影响的期望、参与者与他人生活的比较、患癌后的感受以及抵抗生活方式干扰的动机等问题的调查。六个信念因素和两种应对策略与感知生活质量相关。如果癌症的影响小于预期，生活质量会更好；如果预期疾病会产生负面影响，则会感知到生活质量降低。两种应对策略与生活质量相关，即抑制竞争性活动和采用宗教实践。还讨论了其他关系。
