THE PARTNER RELATIONSHIP IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO BREAST-CANCER
THE PARTNER RELATIONSHIP IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO BREAST-CANCER
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DOI：
10.1016/0277-9536(94)00136-h
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发表时间：
1995-03-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
BARKER, C
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文献类型：
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作者：
PISTRANG, N;BARKER, C
社会支持文献表明，人际关系在适应严重疾病中起着重要作用。然而，研究人员最近强调了社会支持结构的局限性，并敦促关注的焦点远离全球措施的感知支持和对发生在亲密关系的具体过程。本研究探讨了这样一个过程的作用，从合作伙伴的非正式帮助，在妇女的心理反应乳腺癌。对113名在过去一年内被诊断为乳腺癌的妇女进行了结构化访谈。我们发现，对伴侣帮助关系的满意度与心理健康有关。尽管大多数女性与另一个人有着良好的帮助关系，但这并不能弥补与伴侣之间有问题的帮助关系。与伴侣良好沟通的特点是高同理心和低退缩。研究结果表明，伴侣在乳腺癌患者的适应中起着重要作用，针对夫妻的干预可能是减少心理困扰的有效方法。
The social support literature has demonstrated that interpersonal relationships play an important role in adaptation to serious illness. However, researchers have recently emphasized the limitations of the social support construct and have urged a focus of attention away from global measures of perceived support and towards specific processes that occur in close relationships. The present study examined the role of one such process-informal helping from the partner-in women's psychological response to breast cancer. Structured interviews were conducted with 113 women who had received a diagnosis of breast cancer within the previous year. We found that satisfaction with the partner helping relationship was associated with psychological well-being. Even though most women had a good helping relationship with another person, this did not compensate for a problematic helping relationship with the partner. Good communication with the partner was characterized by high empathy and low withdrawal. The findings suggest that the partner plays an important role in breast cancer patients' adaptation, and that interventions aimed at couples may be an effective way of reducing psychological distress.