TY - JOUR
KW - Coping
KW - Psychological adjustment
KW - breast cancer
KW - Psycho-oncology
AU - Carmen D. Sosa
AU - Juan I. Capafóns
AU - Mónica Carballeira
AB - It has been conducted a study about the relationship between coping and psychological adjustment to illness, with breast cancer patients. Different variables such as coping, quality of life and personality were applied to a sample of 78 breast cancer patients. Four groups of patients were matched from the combination of extreme scores in two coping scales: "Dejection and Hopelessness" and "Emotional and Cognitive Control". The groups were: Low Dejection-High Control (N=9), Low Dejection-Low Control (N=7), High Dejection-High Control (N=9) and High Dejection-Low Control (N=10). An ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis was made with the four groups. Bivariate analysis (U Mann-Whitney) and Multivariate analysis Discriminant) were also made between the Low Dejection-High Control group and the other three groups. Statistical differences in several variables such as social disturbance, psychological discomfort, relaxation ability and fears were found. Low Dejection-High Control was the least disturbed group, being the opposite (High Dejected-Low Control group) the worst group in adjustment to illness.
IS - 1
M3 - Journal article
N2 - It has been conducted a study about the relationship between coping and psychological adjustment to illness, with breast cancer patients. Different variables such as coping, quality of life and personality were applied to a sample of 78 breast cancer patients. Four groups of patients were matched from the combination of extreme scores in two coping scales: "Dejection and Hopelessness" and "Emotional and Cognitive Control". The groups were: Low Dejection-High Control (N=9), Low Dejection-Low Control (N=7), High Dejection-High Control (N=9) and High Dejection-Low Control (N=10). An ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis was made with the four groups. Bivariate analysis (U Mann-Whitney) and Multivariate analysis Discriminant) were also made between the Low Dejection-High Control group and the other three groups. Statistical differences in several variables such as social disturbance, psychological discomfort, relaxation ability and fears were found. Low Dejection-High Control was the least disturbed group, being the opposite (High Dejected-Low Control group) the worst group in adjustment to illness.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 1999
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 47
EP - 60
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Coping and psychological adjustment to illness with breast cancer patients
VL - 5
ER -