PERSONAL REACTIONS OF WOMEN AT THE REMISSION STAGE OF CANCER DISEASE

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study of the personal characteristics of female cancer survivors and the level of fear of cancer recurrence they have at the stage of remission. The results were statistically processed, the data obtained were analyzed taking into account the world experience of research in this field. The purpose of the work is to conduct a study of the personal psychological characteristics of women with cancer at the stage of cancer remission, determine the existing level of fear of cancer recurrence and identify the dominant coping strategies (coping strategies) inherent in them during remission. Methods: theoretical (analysis, synthesis, generalization), empirical (testing, questionnaire), methods of statistical analysis of test data using IBM SPSS, analysis of the results obtained. Results: it was determined that more than half of the respondents use adaptive cognitive and emotional coping strategies, and only a third of the participants have adaptive behavioral coping strategies. Almost half of the participants demonstrated high scores on the Agreeableness and Conscientiousness scales of the Big Five questionnaire, self-control and responsibility, as well as emotional warmth and cooperation. A Pearson correlation was found between behavioral coping strategies and the level of fear of cancer recurrence, but no correlation was found with tolerance for uncertainty. At the same time, it was observed that more than half of the participants have high personal anxiety. The results of assessing the clinical level of fear of cancer recurrence according to the screening scale with the standard threshold value of the developers of the cancer recurrence fear questionnaire and the total scores of the questionnaire differ significantly from each other, so this issue requires additional study to choose a threshold value for Ukrainian realities. We can see the prospects for further research in deepening the study, in particular, by increasing the sample of subjects with the involvement of male individuals and representatives of various socio-demographic statuses with various types of oncology.

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