Procesos de la comparación social en pacientes que sufren de cáncer

• Buunk, Abraham P. ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Groningen

     University of Groningen

     Países Bajos

     
• Localización: Psicodebate. Psicología, Cultura y Sociedad, ISSN-e 2451-6600, ISSN 1515-2251, Nº. 6, 2006, págs. 29-44
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.18682/pd.v6i0.439
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  • Social comparisons in cancer patients
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  • español

    La comparación social se refiere a la tendencia a relacionar sus propias características con las de otros individuos. A causa de la incertidumbre, el distrés físico y la depresión que experimentan muchos pacientes que sufren de cancer, la comparación social es muy prevalente en estos pacientes. Esta comparación ocurre especialmente en pacientes que ya tienen una alta tendencia disposiciónal a compararse con otros. La comparación descendente, es decir la comparación con otros en peores circunstancias, puede mejorar el bienestar de pacientes con cáncer, especialmente cuando es interpretada como un contraste y cuando, por eso, deriva en un afecto positivo. No obstante, pacientes con cáncer tendren a buscar información de otros pacientes que afrontan mejor la situación y este tipo de comparación ascendente puede tambien contribuir al afrontamiento y al bienestar. 

  • English

    Social comparison refers to relating one ́s own characteristics to those of other individuals. Due to the enhanced degree of physical distress, depression, and uncertainty, cancer patients tend to compare themselves often with other patients, especially when they are high in social comparison orientation, i.e. in the dispositional tendency to compare themselves with others. Downward comparison, i.e. with others who are worse- off, may contribute to the well-being of cancer patients when it is interpreted as a contrast, i.e. when it is emphased how much better-off one is oneself. Nevertheless, cancer patients tend to prefer information about other patients who are better-off, and such upward comparison may improve coping and contribute to well-being. 

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