Positive psychotherapy for distressed cancer survivors: Posttraumatic growth facilitation reduces posttraumatic stress
Positive psychotherapy for distressed cancer survivors: Posttraumatic growth facilitation reduces posttraumatic stress
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijchp.2016.09.002
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
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8.8
通讯作者：
Borras, Josep-Maria
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作者：
Ochoa, Cristian;Casellas-Grau, Anna;Borras, Josep-Maria
背景/目的：越来越多的证据表明，积极的生活变化，如创伤后成长（PTG），可以从应对癌症的经验。然而，没有专门设计的干预措施来促进PTG在癌症中的发展。在这篇文章中，我们描述和评估癌症幸存者积极心理治疗（PPC）的结果。它旨在促进PTG作为显着减少情绪困扰和创伤后应激症状的一种方式。此外，这种PTG便利的确证使用人际指标进行评估。方法：我们将126名连续的癌症幸存者分配到实验组（PPC）或等待名单组，这些幸存者具有高水平的情绪困扰，并正在寻求心理支持。结果如下：PPC组在治疗后获得了比对照组更好的结果，表现出减少的痛苦，减少创伤后症状，并增加PTG。在3个月和12个月随访时保持了这些益处。参与者PTG与他们的重要他人归因于他们的PTG相关，证实了PTG促进。结论：PPC似乎可以促进显著的长期PTG，并可以减少癌症幸存者的情绪困扰和创伤后应激。此外，PPC诱导的PTG易化被其他重要证据所证实。(C)2016年西班牙心理学协会。出版社：Elsevier Espana，S.L.U.
Background/Objective:There is increasing evidence that positive life changes, such as posttraumatic growth (PTG), can result from the experience of coping with cancer. However, no interventions have been specifically designed to facilitate the development of PTG in cancer. In this article, we describe and assess the results of Positive Psychotherapy for Cancer (PPC) survivors. It aims to facilitate PTG as a way of achieving significant reductions in the symptoms of emotional distress and posttraumatic stress. In addition, the corroboration of this PTG facilitation is assessed using interpersonal indicators. Method: We allocated 126 consecutive survivors of cancer with high levels of emotional distress and who were seeking psychological support to either an experimental group (PPC) or a waiting list group. Results: The PPC group obtained significantly better results after treatment than the control group, showing reduced distress, decreased posttraumatic symptoms, and increased PTG. The benefits were maintained at 3 and 12 months follow-up. Participants PTG was correlated to the PTG that their significant others attributed to them, corroborating PTG facilitation. Conclusions: PPC appears to promote significant long-term PTG and can reduce emotional distress and posttraumatic stress in cancer survivors. In addition, PTG facilitation induced by PPC is corroborated by significant others. (C) 2016 Asociacion Espanola de Psicologia Conductual. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.