癌症,特别是,在年轻的成年期间,可以唤起困难的情绪,干扰规范的发展活动,挑战应对措施。旨在主动情绪处理(EP)和情绪表达(EE)的情绪调节应对努力可能有益于癌症调整和对积极增长的看法。然而,这可能是EP和EE的工作方式不同,以影响幸福。本研究考察了EP和EE与心理困扰的关系,创伤后成长(PTG),和韧性。我们预计EP将与PTG和弹性呈正相关,而EE将与心理困扰负相关。
患有癌症的年轻人(M年龄=34.68,N=57)完成了情绪测量;方法应对(EP和EE),心理困扰(抑郁症状,对癌症的恐惧;复发[FCR])和积极调整和成长的指标(韧性和PTG)。
EP的更多使用与更高的弹性(β=0.48,p=0.003)和PTG(β=0.27,p=0.05)相关,而更多使用EE与较低的弹性相关(β=-0.33,p=0.04)。对于FCR,EE×EP相互作用显着(β=0.29,p=0.04),因此在高EP的患者中,低EE与低FCR相关。抑郁症状的交互作用不显著,弹性,或PTG。
研究结果强调了年轻癌症患者中EP和EE之间的不同关系。旨在增加情绪调节应对策略的干预措施可能有助于促进积极的调整和成长,加强年轻人应对疾病各种影响的能力,治疗,和生存。
Cancer, particularly, during young adulthood, can evoke difficult emotions, interfere with normative developmental activities, and challenge coping responses. Emotion-regulating coping efforts aimed at active emotional processing (EP) and emotional expression (EE) can be beneficial to cancer adjustment and perceptions of positive growth. However, it may be that EP and EE work differently to influence well-being. This study examines relationships of EP and EE with psychological distress, posttraumatic growth (PTG), and resilience. We expect that EP will be positively associated with PTG and resilience, whereas EE will be negatively associated with psychological distress.
Young adults with cancer (M age = 34.68, N = 57) completed measures of emotional; approach coping (EP and EE), psychological distress (depressive symptoms, fear of cancer; recurrence [FCR]) and indicators of positive adjustment and growth (resilience and PTG).
Greater use of EP was associated with higher resilience (β = 0.48, p = 0.003) and PTG (β = 0.27, p = 0.05), whereas greater use of EE was associated with lower resilience (β = -0.33, p = 0.04). The EE × EP interaction was significant for FCR (β = 0.29, p = 0.04) such that low EE was associated with lower FCR in those with high EP. Interaction effects were not significant for depressive symptoms, resilience, or PTG.
Findings highlight differing relationships between EP and EE among young adults with cancer. Interventions aimed at increasing emotion-regulating coping strategies may prove useful in facilitating positive adjustment and growth, strengthening young adults\' ability to cope with the diverse effects of disease, treatment, and survivorship.