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8066165

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
The present study was designed to describe theories of illness and coping with the disease in brain tumor patients. It addresses the following questions: 1. To what attribute brain tumor patients their illness? 2. How do they cope? 3. Are causal attributions and coping modes related to emotional states, such as distress, hope, and depression? N = 33 newly diagnosed patients suffering from benign or malignant intracranial tumors are included in the sample and interviewed presurgically. Assessment methods combine both qualitative and quantitative instruments. Among the causes discussed in the interviews are incidents that can be classified as mechanical traumata. They have the highest frequency. In patients' self-reports, distress is rated low, hope high. Interviewers rate distress higher and hope lower. Among the modes of coping, compliance, fighting spirit (as assessed in a questionnaire), distraction, social support, optimism, and acceptance of the disease (as assessed by interview and content analysis) are the most frequent. The results are discussed under methodological and illness-related perspectives.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0937-2032
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
[Subjective illness theory and coping with illness by brain tumor patients].
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Psychotherapie und Medizinische Psychologie, Universität Würzburg.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract