Social comparison and patient information: what do cancer patients want?

被引：56

作者：

Bennenbroek, FTC

Buunk, BP

van der Zee, KI

Grol, B

机构：

[1] Univ Groningen, NL-9712 TS Groningen, Netherlands

[2] Ctr Comprehens Canc, Groningen, Netherlands

来源：

PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING | 2002年 / 47卷 / 01期

关键词：

social comparison; affiliation; cancer;

D O I：

10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00018-6

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The present study focuses on social comparison processes among cancer patients. The sample consisted of 60 (ex-) cancer patients who participated in a course "coping with cancer". This study examined several aspects of social comparison: the need for comparison, the preferred direction of comparison and the influence of mode (information or contact seeking) and dimension (illness severity or coping) of social comparison as well as indicators of low well-being. The results show that the heed for comparison is particularly enhanced among those who evaluate their own health negatively. In addition, the results show that patients prefer to receive information about others who are better off, but also want contact with others who are better off. In addition, they are specifically interested in receiving information about others who are coping better. Practical implications are discussed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：5 / 12

页数：8

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