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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Psychology 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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