[Social support and social stress in tumor patients and their partners].
Social support is widely believed to be an important buffer against stress in patients coping with cancer. Support efforts can, however, in turn prove to become a source of distress in themselves, both in patients and support providers. The present study was designed to explore the connections between support and emotional distress. N = 120 lung cancer patients and their relatives (n = 57) are interviewed at three intervals. Social support is assessed by multiple methods: Content analysis, a questionnaire and a confidant rating performed by experts. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses are combined. Content-analytical and self-report data show a correlation of support efforts and emotional distress. In the confidant rating, however, the expected differences between supportive and non-supportive spousal relationships emerge. The results are discussed from an interactional point of view.
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Institut für Psychotherapie und Medizinische Psychologie, Universität Würzburg.
Schilling
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Otteni
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Lang
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000523:psychology*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000523:psychology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000523:psychology; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012803:Sick Role; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications
Soziale Unterstützung und soziale Belastung bei Tumorkranken und ihren Partnern.