Cáncer y estilo represivo de afrontamiento

• Antonio Cano Vindel ^[2] ; Agustina Sirgo ^[1] ; Gumersindo Pérez Manga
  1. [1] University of California Los Angeles

     University of California Los Angeles

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Universidad Complutense
• Localización: Ansiedad y estrés, ISSN 1134-7937, Nº 0, 1994, págs. 101-112
• Idioma: español
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  • Cancer and repressive style of coping
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  • español

    Los sujetos con estilo represivo de afrontamiento (ERA), o estilo represivo de respuesta, quedan definidos por baja ansiedad y alta deseabilidad social -ambas evaluadas por cuestionarios-, pero presentan altos niveles de activación fisiológica y conductual, medidos mediante registros fisiológicos y observacionales. El ERA suele encontrarse frecuentemente en sujetos con cáncer. En este estudio se compara un grupo de sujetos con cáncer frente a un grupo control, en algunas variables relacionadas con un potencial ERA. Se obtuvo que los pacientes con cáncer presentan un patrón típico de potencial ERA. Puntúan más que el grupo control en las subescalas de: Deseabilidad Social, Control -como opuesto a Neuroticismo-, Control de la Conducta en una situación de revisión médica, Racionalización, Antiemocionalidad y Apoyo Social. Puntúan más bajo en: Sinceridad -como opuesta a Deseabilidad Social-, Ansiedad como rasgo, y Expresión de Ira. Estos resultados apoyan la hipótesis de una alta incidencia del ERA entre los pacientes con cáncer, y muestran la necesidad de indagar en los modos de afrontamiento que los sujetos usan frente a su enfermedad, en orden a mejorar su calidad de vida.

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    Subjects with repressive style of coping (RSC) or repressive style of response, are defined by low anxiety and high social desirability levels -both assessed by means of questionnaires- however high physiological and behavioral activation levels are obtained by physiological and behavioral records. The RSC can frequently be found among patients with cancer. In this work a group of patients with cancer and a control group are compared in some variables related to the potential RSC. The results show a potential RSC among cancer patients. Cancer patients score higher than control group in: Social Desirability, Control as opposite to Neuroticism, Behavior Control in a specific medical checkup situation, Rationality, Antiemotionality and Social Support. On the contrary, cancer patients score lower in Sincerity as opposite to Social Desirability, Anxiety-trait and Anger-expression. These results support the hypothesis of a high incidence of the RSC among cancer patients, and show the need to explore the ways of coping used by the subjects against their illness, in order to improve their quality of life.

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