Cancer Patients Versus Cancer Survivors: Social and Emotional Consequences of Word Choice.
Cancer Patients Versus Cancer Survivors: Social and Emotional Consequences of Word Choice.
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DOI：
10.1177/0261927x08325762
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Danoff-Burg S
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作者：
Mosher CE;Danoff-Burg S
两项研究探讨了癌症患者不同语言分类的社会和情感影响。本科生被随机分配来评估他们对癌症患者或癌症幸存者的反应。在所有研究中，参与者对癌症幸存者相对于癌症患者的性格持有更有利的看法，并对前一组表现出更积极的态度。此外，研究 1 的参与者表示，与癌症患者相比，他们更愿意与癌症幸存者互动。对预后的积极看法似乎并不能解释对癌症幸存者的良好态度；研究 2 的大多数参与者并不认为癌症幸存者已经过了疾病的治疗阶段或治愈了疾病。研究结果表明，词语选择对癌症患者的反应具有潜在的强大影响。
Two studies examined the social and emotional implications of different linguistic classifications of individuals with cancer. Undergraduates were randomly assigned to rate their reactions to either cancer patients or cancer survivors. Across studies, participants held more favorable perceptions of the character of cancer survivors relative to cancer patients and displayed more positive attitudes toward the former group. In addition, participants in Study 1 reported greater willingness to interact with cancer survivors compared with cancer patients. Positive perceptions of prognosis did not appear to account for favorable attitudes toward cancer survivors; most participants in Study 2 did not assume that cancer survivors were beyond the treatment phase of their illness or cured of their disease. Findings point to a potentially powerful effect of word choice on reactions to individuals with cancer.