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Direct linkRokach, Ami – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Loneliness is a universal phenomenon, and its pain is intensified by a diagnosis of a terminal illness. The present study is an investigation of the strategies used by patients with Multiple sclerosis (MS), by individuals diagnosed with cancer, and by the general population to cope with loneliness. Three hundred and twenty nine MS patients, 315…
Descriptors: Terminal Illness, Cancer, Patients, Psychological Patterns
Peer reviewedAndersen, Barbara L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1992
Reviews experimental and quasi-experimental studies of psychological interventions designed to help individuals diagnosed with cancer reduce emotional distress, enhance coping, and improve their adjustment to the illness. Treatment components and mechanisms are discussed. Future research directions and challenges to scientific advance are…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cancer, Chronic Illness, Coping
Peer reviewedGetzel, George S. – Social Work, 1991
Describes four modes of positive survival with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and analyzes them as they appear in support groups for people with AIDS. Sees beneficent, artistic-spiritual, heroic, and rational-instrumental survival modes as compromise solutions to fears of life and death described by Rank. Calls analysis nonpejorative…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Chronic Illness, Coping, Death
Download full textWhite, Jerre Lee – 1993
This paper reviews research literature pertaining to the pain and anxiety associated with pediatric cancer and the use of hypnosis as an adjunct treatment. It is noted that pain and anxiety are most often associated with the procedural treatment of cancer, and that the literature suggests that both pain and anxiety are multi-faceted constructs.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cancer, Children, Chronic Illness
Peer reviewedMadan-Swain, Avi; And Others – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1993
Examined coping and family adaptation in siblings (n=32) of cancer patients, their ill brothers and sisters (n=19), and control group of nonclinical children (n=10) with healthy siblings. Gender and age of sibling, birth order, and number of siblings were examined. Found better adaptation in larger families and decreased family involvement among…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Cancer, Children
Rowe, Patrick; Beamish, Patricia M. – 1992
This document discusses the application of a systems approach for family counseling for African American families with a family member infected with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It begins by citing statistics that illustrate that there exists a disproportionate representation of cases of AIDS among African Americans. A discussion on…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Black Family, Chronic Illness, Coping
