Social support, support groups, and the cancer patient.
Social support, support groups, and the cancer patient.
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社会支持、支持团体和癌症患者。
DOI：
10.1037//0022-006x.54.5.608
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发表时间：
1986
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Lichtman,RR
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文献类型：
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作者：
Taylor,SE;Falke,RL;Shoptaw,SJ;Lichtman,RR
调查关于社会支持和癌症的文献，并报告导致癌症患者加入社会支持团体的因素的实证调查结果。来自666名21-89岁癌症患者的问卷调查数据显示，尽管大多数癌症患者在癌症后得到了高水平的社会支持，但有些人经历了孤立的排斥事件，或者没有得到他们想要的来自家人、朋友和医疗护理人员的支持。这似乎是加入癌症支持小组的一个动力，尽管报告缺乏社会支持的Ss通常不会比其他Ss更有可能加入支持小组。情绪状态概况表明，参加小组的人比不参加小组的人更不容易抑郁。此外，参加癌症支持小组的人更有可能是白人中产阶级女性，她们报告有更多的问题，并且比不参加小组的人更有可能使用各种社会支持资源。讨论了对癌症患者的影响，得出的结论是，虽然支持小组可能对许多癌症患者有益，但目前的项目往往主要由使用传统心理健康服务的同一部分人群使用。（81 ref）（PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA，版权所有）
Surveys the literature on social support and cancer and reports results from an empirical investigation of the factors that led cancer patients to join social support groups. Questionnaire data from 666 21–89 yr old cancer patients show that although most Ss received high levels of social support following cancer, some experienced isolated instances of rejection or did not receive the type of support they wanted from family, friends, and medical caregivers. This appeared to be 1 impetus for joining cancer support groups, although Ss reporting a lack of social support were not generally more likely to join support groups than were other Ss. The Profile of Mood States suggested that attenders were somewhat less likely to be depressed than were nonattenders. In addition, cancer support group attenders were more likely to be White middle-class females, to report having more problems, and to use social support resources of all kinds than were nonattenders. Implications for outreach to cancer patients are discussed, and it is concluded that while support groups may be beneficial for many cancer patients, current programs tend to be used largely by the same segment of the population that uses traditional mental health services.(81 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)