Psychological Characteristics and Traits for Finding Benefit From Prostate Cancer

Pascoe, Elizabeth; Edvardsson, David

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“…In line with previous research, higher PFRS scores were associated with greater personal vitality, 17 better physical functioning, [15][16][17] and fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety. [17][18][19][20] The results of the present study anxiety and better mental health for males. These findings are consistent with the results of several studies which found that cancer survivorship can be a developmentally specific factor in the life of older men and women.…”

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Quality of life and psychological distress in cancer survivors: The role of psycho‐social resources for resilience

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Objective: To examine the association between scores on the Protective Factors for Resilience Scale (PFRS) (as a measure of a person's psycho-social resources for resilience) and quality of life as well as symptoms of psychological distress for adult cancer survivors. Methods:In this cross-sectional study, 295 cancer survivors (59% female) provided background demographic information and completed the PFRS as well as measures of quality of life and psychological distress previously validated with cancer survivors.Most of the survivors were diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer.Results: Analysis of the data confirmed the factor structure for the PFRS for cancer survivors. While controlling for Body Mass Index and age, psycho-social resources were a unique and positive predictor for all quality of life measures as well as being a unique and negative predictor for the measures of psychological distress (depression, anxiety, and somatization). There was a high degree of consistency regarding these findings for male and female survivors. Conclusions:The PFRS is a brief and valid measure of psycho-social resources for resilience in adult cancer survivors, and scores on the PFRS proved to be a good predictor of quality of life and psychological distress of these cancer survivors. Using the PFRS to assess the psycho-social resources for resilience would be helpful when developing interventions to enhance the psychological health of adults as they adapt to a diagnosis of cancer.

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Quality of life and psychological distress in cancer survivors: The role of psycho‐social resources for resilience

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“…Neither sample size, year of publication, mean age of the participants, proportion of female participants, number of RS items nor mean RS item score did significantly impact the size of correlations between trait resilience and mental health. Leave-one-out analyses proved the robustness of results with mean correlations between r = 0.39 (Pascoe and Edvardsson 27 or Jaenichen et al 28 removed) and r = 0.41 (Wermelinger Ávila et al 29 or Hennig 30 removed) that remained significant in all cases. Additionally, sensitivity analyses revealed similar findings when the inclusion criterion on participants' mean age was set up to 65+ years (r = 0.39; 95% CI [0.34; 0.43]; I 2 = 82%; n = 22) or 70+ years (r = 0.41; 95% CI [0.36; 0.46]; I 2 = 74%; n = 11).…”

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Trait resilience and mental health in older adults: A meta‐analytic review

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Rosendahl

2020

Personality & Mental Health

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Objectives-This study aims to systematically review research on the association between resilience as a personality trait and mental health in older adults and to meta-analytically quantify this relation. Methods-We included studies assessing older adults (mean age 60 years or older), measuring trait resilience with a version of the Resilience Scale (RS) by Wagnild and Young and mental health. We conducted a comprehensive search in Medline, Web of Science, PsycInfo, PubPsych, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text database and the theses database of the German National Library for eligible studies. Study data on associations between resilience and mental health were aggregated using a random-effects model. Results-Twenty-seven studies with 13 444 participants were included. Trait resilience and mental health were strongly interrelated (r = 0.40, 95% CI [0.36; 0.44]) with substantial heterogeneity (I 2 = 83%). Published studies revealed larger associations between resilience and mental health (r = 0.41 [0.37; 0.45]) than unpublished studies (r = 0.25 [0.11; 0.38]). Conclusions-Higher levels of resilience are associated with better mental health in older persons. Because associations were solely assessed cross-sectionally, longitudinal studies are highly needed to draw causal inferences.

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“…Coping research is predominantly quantitative, based on measures of anxiety, stress or depression as markers of negative coping, quantifying the relationship between coping and health and wellbeing, and focused on the experience of those in earlier disease stages[12, 29, 30, 44–51]. Whilst such research is important in identifying the importance of coping, and its interrelationship as a concept with aspects of wellbeing, it does not provide a rich understanding of the reasons, processes or types of strategies that people use to deal with advanced cancer[31].…”

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Coping Well with Advanced Cancer: A Serial Qualitative Interview Study with Patients and Family Carers

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ObjectivesTo understand successful strategies used by people to cope well when living with advanced cancer; to explore how professionals can support effective coping strategies; to understand how to support development of effective coping strategies for patients and family carers.DesignQualitative serial (4–12 week intervals) interview study with people with advanced cancer and their informal carers followed by focus groups. The iterative design had a novel focus on positive coping strategies. Interview analysis focused on patients and carers as individuals and pairs, exploring multiple dimensions of their coping experiences. Focus group analysis explored strategies for intervention development.Participants26 people with advanced (stage 3–4) breast, prostate, lung or colorectal cancer, or in receipt of palliative care, and 24 paired nominated informal/family carers.SettingParticipants recruited through outpatient clinics at two tertiary cancer centres in Merseyside and Manchester, UK, between June 2012 and July 2013.Results45 patient and 41 carer interviews were conducted plus 4 focus groups (16 participants). People with advanced cancer and their informal/family carers develop coping strategies which enable effective management of psychological wellbeing. People draw from pre-diagnosis coping strategies, but these develop through responding to the experience of living with advanced cancer. Strategies include being realistic, indulgence, support, and learning from others, which enabled participants to regain a sense of wellbeing after emotional challenge. Learning from peers emerged as particularly important in promoting psychological wellbeing through the development of effective ‘everyday’, non-clinical coping strategies.ConclusionsOur findings challenge current models of providing psychological support for those with advanced cancer which focus on professional intervention. It is important to recognise, enable and support peoples’ own resources and coping strategies. Peer support may have potential, and could be a patient-centred, cost effective way of managing the needs of a growing population of those living with advanced cancer.

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Psychological Characteristics and Traits for Finding Benefit From Prostate Cancer

Cited by 8 publications

References 48 publications

Quality of life and psychological distress in cancer survivors: The role of psycho‐social resources for resilience

Quality of life and psychological distress in cancer survivors: The role of psycho‐social resources for resilience

Trait resilience and mental health in older adults: A meta‐analytic review

Coping Well with Advanced Cancer: A Serial Qualitative Interview Study with Patients and Family Carers

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