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Posttraumatic Growth and Coping Strategies Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Do Approach Coping and Avoidant Coping Predict Posttraumatic Growth Over Time?

Despite an enormous number of studies addressing the importance of posttraumatic growth (PTG) among cancer patients, the literature lacks data regarding how different coping strategies affect PTG among head and neck cancer (HNC) patients over time. This longitudinal study investigated the PTG trend...

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Autores principales: Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei, Abd Hamid, Norhaliza, Hamdan, Nur Amirah, Rajandram, Rama Krsna, Mahadevan, Raynuha, Mohamad Yunus, Mohd Razif, Zakaria, Hazli, Leong Bin Abdullah, Mohammad Farris Iman
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8576436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34764904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.716674
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author Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei
Abd Hamid, Norhaliza
Hamdan, Nur Amirah
Rajandram, Rama Krsna
Mahadevan, Raynuha
Mohamad Yunus, Mohd Razif
Zakaria, Hazli
Leong Bin Abdullah, Mohammad Farris Iman
author_facet Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei
Abd Hamid, Norhaliza
Hamdan, Nur Amirah
Rajandram, Rama Krsna
Mahadevan, Raynuha
Mohamad Yunus, Mohd Razif
Zakaria, Hazli
Leong Bin Abdullah, Mohammad Farris Iman
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description Despite an enormous number of studies addressing the importance of posttraumatic growth (PTG) among cancer patients, the literature lacks data regarding how different coping strategies affect PTG among head and neck cancer (HNC) patients over time. This longitudinal study investigated the PTG trend and coping over 5–7months among a cohort of HNC patients within the first year after their diagnosis. It determined an association between coping strategies and PTG over time. The study’s HNC respondents were administered a socio-demographic and clinical characteristics questionnaire during their baseline assessments. Additionally, the Malay versions of the “PTG Inventory-Short Form” (PTGI-SF) and the “Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory” (Brief COPE) were administered during respondents’ baseline assessments and follow-up assessments (5–7months after the baseline assessments). In total, 200 respondents reported an increasing PTG trend and approach coping (active coping, planning, positive reframing, acceptance, emotional support, and instrumental support) and a decreasing trend of avoidant coping (self-distraction and denial) over time. Two approach coping strategies (acceptance and planning) significantly increased PTG while denial was the only avoidant coping strategy that significantly lowered PTG, after controlling for socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, over time. Our study’s findings identified the need to incorporate psychosocial interventions that enhance approach coping and reduce avoidant coping into HNC patients’ treatment regimes.
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spelling pubmed-85764362021-11-10 Posttraumatic Growth and Coping Strategies Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Do Approach Coping and Avoidant Coping Predict Posttraumatic Growth Over Time? Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei Abd Hamid, Norhaliza Hamdan, Nur Amirah Rajandram, Rama Krsna Mahadevan, Raynuha Mohamad Yunus, Mohd Razif Zakaria, Hazli Leong Bin Abdullah, Mohammad Farris Iman Front Psychol Psychology Despite an enormous number of studies addressing the importance of posttraumatic growth (PTG) among cancer patients, the literature lacks data regarding how different coping strategies affect PTG among head and neck cancer (HNC) patients over time. This longitudinal study investigated the PTG trend and coping over 5–7months among a cohort of HNC patients within the first year after their diagnosis. It determined an association between coping strategies and PTG over time. The study’s HNC respondents were administered a socio-demographic and clinical characteristics questionnaire during their baseline assessments. Additionally, the Malay versions of the “PTG Inventory-Short Form” (PTGI-SF) and the “Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory” (Brief COPE) were administered during respondents’ baseline assessments and follow-up assessments (5–7months after the baseline assessments). In total, 200 respondents reported an increasing PTG trend and approach coping (active coping, planning, positive reframing, acceptance, emotional support, and instrumental support) and a decreasing trend of avoidant coping (self-distraction and denial) over time. Two approach coping strategies (acceptance and planning) significantly increased PTG while denial was the only avoidant coping strategy that significantly lowered PTG, after controlling for socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, over time. Our study’s findings identified the need to incorporate psychosocial interventions that enhance approach coping and reduce avoidant coping into HNC patients’ treatment regimes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8576436/ /pubmed/34764904 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.716674 Text en Copyright © 2021 Nik Jaafar, Abd Hamid, Hamdan, Rajandram, Mahadevan, Mohamad Yunus, Zakaria and Leong Bin Abdullah. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei
Abd Hamid, Norhaliza
Hamdan, Nur Amirah
Rajandram, Rama Krsna
Mahadevan, Raynuha
Mohamad Yunus, Mohd Razif
Zakaria, Hazli
Leong Bin Abdullah, Mohammad Farris Iman
Posttraumatic Growth and Coping Strategies Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Do Approach Coping and Avoidant Coping Predict Posttraumatic Growth Over Time?
title Posttraumatic Growth and Coping Strategies Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Do Approach Coping and Avoidant Coping Predict Posttraumatic Growth Over Time?
title_full Posttraumatic Growth and Coping Strategies Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Do Approach Coping and Avoidant Coping Predict Posttraumatic Growth Over Time?
title_fullStr Posttraumatic Growth and Coping Strategies Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Do Approach Coping and Avoidant Coping Predict Posttraumatic Growth Over Time?
title_full_unstemmed Posttraumatic Growth and Coping Strategies Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Do Approach Coping and Avoidant Coping Predict Posttraumatic Growth Over Time?
title_short Posttraumatic Growth and Coping Strategies Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Do Approach Coping and Avoidant Coping Predict Posttraumatic Growth Over Time?
title_sort posttraumatic growth and coping strategies among patients with head and neck cancer: do approach coping and avoidant coping predict posttraumatic growth over time?
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8576436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34764904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.716674
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