Kulik J A, Moore P J, Mahler H I
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, LaJolla 92093.
Health Psychol. 1993 Mar;12(2):118-24. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.12.2.118.
Fifty-three preoperative men were studied who were assigned to a hospital roommate who varied in terms of the similarity of the roommate's health problem and surgical status. The similarity of a roommate's particular type of health problem to that of the patient exerted little detectable influence. However, patients assigned to a preoperative roommate were more anxious compared with those assigned a postoperative or nonsurgical roommate. Affiliation was also significantly greater with fellow preoperative roommates compared with postoperative roommates. The possibility that the obtained roommate effects on anxiety are mediated directly by affiliation is explored. Additional mechanisms and theoretical implications for basic research involving social comparison, stress, and affiliation relationships are discussed. Practical considerations for hospital policy also are considered.
对53名术前男性患者进行了研究，他们被分配与不同健康问题和手术状态相似程度的医院室友同住。室友特定类型的健康问题与患者健康问题的相似性几乎没有可察觉的影响。然而，与被分配术后室友或非手术室友的患者相比，被分配术前室友的患者更为焦虑。与术后室友相比，与术前室友的归属感也显著更强。研究探讨了所观察到的室友对焦虑的影响是否直接由归属感介导。还讨论了涉及社会比较、压力和归属关系的基础研究的其他机制和理论意义。同时也考虑了医院政策的实际考量。
