MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING RESPONSES TO AIDS AND CANCER

大约三分之一的美国人最终会患上癌症， 1990年1月，向卫生部报告了大约122 000例艾滋病病例。 CDC. 在被诊断为精神分裂症的人的生活中发生的创伤性变化 这两种疾病都需要有超越这些的应对策略 在日常生活中使用，它们对心理有重要的影响， 患者和家属的健康。因此这些 个人处于发展心理社会问题的高风险中 继发于疾病。 建议纵向的目的， 前瞻性研究是为了测试一种适应危及生命的 疾病，提供了一个框架，理解适应作为一个 从对压力源的感知到社会和行为结果的过程。 将使用两个对照组，包括120名癌症患者 120例T1期艾滋病患者。 这三个数据点将是1个月， 6个月和12个月后：诊断出癌症或发病 疾控中心艾滋病。 将获得定量和定性数据， 研究模型中变量之间的关系。 回归将是用于评价的主要统计方法 每个数据点的关系，以及跨时间的关系。 主 分析的目的将是确定这些变量相关 积极的社会和行为适应。

Approximately 1 in 3 Americans will eventually develop cancer, and as of January 1990 approximately 122,000 cases of AIDS had been reported to the CDC. The traumatic changes that occur in the lives of persons diagnosed with either of these illnesses call for coping strategies beyond those used in everyday life, and they have important implications for the mental health of both the patient and family members. Therefore, these individuals are at high risk for the development of psychosocial problems secondary to the illness. The purpose of the proposed longitudinal, prospective study is to test a model of adaptation to life-threatening illness that provides a framework for understanding adaptation as a process from perception of the stressor to social and behavioral outcomes. Two comparison groups will be used that, include 120 persons with cancer and 120 persons with AIDS at T1. The three data points will be 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months following a: diagnosis of cancer or the onset of CDC AIDS. Both the quantitative and qualitative data will be obtained to examine relationships among the variables included in the model. Regression will be the primary statistical approach used to evaluate relationships at each data point, as well as across time. A primary purpose of the analysis will be to identify those variables associated with positive social and behavioral adaptation.