Support providers of sexual minority women with breast cancer - Who they are and how they impact the breast cancer experience
Support providers of sexual minority women with breast cancer - Who they are and how they impact the breast cancer experience
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.059
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发表时间：
2005-11-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Linde, R
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作者：
Boehmer, U;Freund, KM;Linde, R
目的：本研究旨在探讨少数性倾向乳癌患者及其支持者对乳癌适应的相关因素。研究方法：在一项横断面研究中，性少数乳腺癌妇女和他们的支持提供者被要求自我报告的社会支持，痛苦和应对，使用标准化的措施。结果：23名（77%）妇女有一个支持提供者参与研究。披露性取向，较少的绝望的应对，和支持提供者的高斗志的看法，降低病人的痛苦。较低的支持提供者的痛苦与更多的病人披露的性取向，一个更大的社会网络，和低估宿命论的病人应对。过高估计病人的焦虑专注应对与更高的支持提供者的痛苦。结论：为性少数患者及其支持提供者提供机会，使其专注于性取向披露和应对等问题，可能会降低患者和支持提供者的痛苦。(c)2005年爱思唯尔公司All rights reserved.
Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with adjustment to breast cancer among sexual minority women with breast cancer and their support person. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, sexual minority women with breast cancer and their support provider were asked to self-report social support, distress, and coping, using standardized measures. Results: Twenty-three (77%) women had a support provider participating in the study. Disclosure of sexual orientation, less helpless-hopeless coping, and support provider perception of high fighting spirit were related to lower patient distress. Lower support provider distress was related to more patient disclosure of sexual orientation, a larger social network, and an underestimation of fatalistic patient coping. An overestimation of patients' anxious preoccupation coping was linked to higher support provider distress. Conclusions: Providing opportunities to sexual minority patients and their support providers to focus on issues such as disclosure of sexual orientation and coping may lower patient and support provider distress. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.