Psychological adjustment of survivors of localised prostate cancer: investigating the role of dyadic adjustment, cognitive appraisal and coping style

Abstract

Dyadic adjustment, threat appraisal and coping style play a significant role in the long-term psychological adjustment of prostate cancer patients. The results of the current study indicate that the use of emotion-focussed coping to manage sexual bother appears to result in poor psychological adjustment, which indicates the need for further education or intervention to manage sexual dysfunction. ETHICS CLEARANCE: Human ethics approval was granted from Southern Health, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Monash University Ethics Committee before commencement of data collection.

The psychosocial aspects of sexual recovery after prostate cancer treatment

“…32 Garos et al 65 found in a survey of 77 prostate cancer patients and 57 partners that partners' general and sexuality-related depression were significant predictors of patients' satisfaction with the relationship. The relationship between sexual bother and psychological functioning is corroborated by Wootten et al 66 Schover et al 4 in her survey of sexual outcomes after prostate cancer treatment reported that 66% of partners indicated having some sort of a sexual dysfunction, suggesting that sexual dysfunction in the partners may also affect couples' sexual relationship. Shindel et al, 67 in their study of 90 couples where the man has undergone radical prostatectomy, found a high correlation between survivors' and partners' sexual dysfunction.…”

Attributions About Pain as Predictors of Psychological Symptomatology, Sexual Function, and Dyadic Adjustment in Women with Vestibulodynia

“…Moreover, we found a positive association between psychological distress and dyadic adjustment. Two others studies conducted with prostate cancer patients suggested that dyadic adjustment may play a significant role in subsequent psychological adjustment (Banthia et al, 2003;Wooten et al, 2007).…”

The Effects of Age, Ethnicity, Sexual Dysfunction, Urinary Incontinence, Masculinity, and Relationship with the Partner on the Quality of Life of Men with Prostate Cancer

“…Couples discussed the modifications in the image of the woman from the romantic partner to the female caregiver Hawkins et al, 2009). As a result, the couples described their relationships as stressful and accompanied by avoidant behaviors (Wootten et al, 2007).…”

“…Women reported that they were no longer the lovers in the relationship, and romance was replaced by the resultant stress from the sexual issues (Badr & Carmack Taylor, 2009;Giarelli et al, 2003). Additionally, resultant psychological and physical distress were reported to be major burdens on intimate relationships Couples with prostate cancer reported stressful relationships and distress that were affected by avoidant coping behaviors (Lavery & Clarke, 1999;Wootten et al, 2007).…”

“…Cronbach's alpha internal consistency for the total scale was reported to be .92, and internal consistency estimates for the subscales ranged from .73 to .94 (Spanier, 1976). The DAS has been used to measure the quality of a dyadic relationships in many populations including patients with prostate cancer (Badr & Carmack Taylor, 2009;Banthia, Malcarne, Varni, Ko, Sadler, & Greenbergs, 2003;Wootten et al, 2007). The DAS was translated to Spanish and validated on a sample of Hispanic Americans in Miami (n = 78).…”