疏远
苦恼
压力源
心理学
小儿癌症
焦虑
应对(心理学)
特质
感觉
临床心理学
发展心理学
精神科
癌症
社会心理学
2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)
医学
疾病
程序设计语言
传染病(医学专业)
病理
计算机科学
内科学
作者
Louis A. Penner,Darwin A. Guevarra,Felicity W. K. Harper,Jeffrey W. Taub,Sean Phipps,Terrance L. Albrecht,Ethan Kross
标识
DOI:10.1177/2167702615602864
摘要
Pediatric cancer caregivers are typically present at their child’s frequent, invasive treatments, and such treatments elicit substantial distress. Yet variability exists in how even the most anxious caregivers cope. Here we examined one potential source of this variability: caregivers’ tendencies to self-distance when reflecting on their feelings surrounding their child’s treatments. We measured caregivers’ self-distancing and trait anxiety at baseline, anticipatory anxiety during their child’s treatment procedures, and psychological distress and avoidance 3 months later. Self-distancing buffered high (but not low) trait anxious caregivers against short- and long-term distress without promoting avoidance. These findings held when controlling for other buffers, highlighting the unique benefits of self-distancing. These results identify a coping process that buffers vulnerable caregivers against a chronic life stressor while also demonstrating the ecological validity of laboratory research on self-distancing. Future research is needed to explicate causality and the cognitive and physiological processes that mediate these results.
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