Expression of Resilience, Coping and Quality of Life in people with cancer
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Macía, Patricia
Barranco, Mercedes
Gorbeña, Susana
Iraurgi Castillo, Ioseba
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PLoS ONE 15(7) : (2020) // Article ID e0236572
Resumen
Considering the importance of coping strategies and resilience in adapting to the stress
caused by cancer, the objective of this research is to explore which coping strategies are the
most used, in order to know whether different groups of levels of resilience and an appropriate
coping style are related to a higher quality of life and better adaptation to the disease.
There were 74 participants with cancer in this study (79.7% of them were women) ranging in
age from 29 to 85 years (M = 50.9). Different instruments were used to measure the resilience
construct (ER-20 items Resilience Scale), coping strategies (Cognitive Emotion Regulation
Questionnaire-Short) and quality of life (General Health Questionnaire). People with
higher resilience showed higher scores in the use of adaptive strategies, being acceptance
and positive revaluation the most frequent ones. Regarding perception of quality of life, people
with lower resilience showed statistically significant differences in the dimensions of pain
and general health, which were likewise the most common ones for people with lower resilience.
A significant association has been demonstrated between resilience and an adaptive
coping, which at the same time are positively linked to quality of life of people with cancer.
This study provides information about how different groups of resilience levels are related
with coping and quality of life in people with cancer. It could be useful information for psychologists
in the oncological area who have to take decisions in the clinical context. A practical
consequence would involve trying to modify the type of coping, as well as increasing the
level of resilience in people with cancer, in order to achieve a better adjustment to the
disease.
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