Cancer Heroics: A Study of News Reports with Particular Reference to Gender

Seale, Clive

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“…The use of the LSS-based measures of stoicism suggests that men have higher levels of stoicism (Wagstaff & Rowledge, 1995), which is consistent with the traditional notion that stoicism is associated with being male (Fergus, Gray, Fitch, Labrecque, & Phillips, 2002;Seale, 2002) and older adult (Moore et al, 2013;Yong, 2006). Some authors have suggested that men and older adults are more stoical because it is harder for them to identify and express their emotions (Gaitniece-Putāne, 2006).…”

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Psychometric properties of Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) in a cohort of patients with resected cancer in adjuvant treatment

Calderón¹,

Ferrando²,

Lorenzo‐Seva³

et al. 2017

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Título: Propiedades psicométricas de la Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) en una cohorte de pacientes con cáncer resecado en tratamiento adyuvante. Resumen: El estoicismo se ha utilizado para describir una amplia gama de comportamientos frente a la enfermedad que van desde el silencio a la resistencia a la adversidad. Este estudio tiene dos objetivos: 1) analizar las propiedades psicométricas de la versión española del LSS; 2) evaluar la relación entre estoicismo, género, edad y el modelo de los cinco grandes factores de personalidad. NEOcoping es un estudio prospectivo, multicéntri-co, observacional, no-intervencionista. Los pacientes fueron reclutados consecutivamente en 13 hospitales universitarios de España. Se aplicó la Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) y el Big Five Inventory (BFI-10). Participaron 443 pacientes (250 mujeres) con una edad media de 59,8 años (SD =12,3). El cáncer de colon y mama fueron los más frecuentes. A nivel de escala total, la puntuación media de la LSS fue inferior a la muestra Británica. La estructura propuesta en cuatro factores proporciona un buen ajuste a los datos, y las puntuaciones en las escalas derivadas presentan fiabilidades aceptables. El rasgo de personalidad de introversión fue capaz de predecir el 4,1% de la variancia de estoicismo (p<,001). Aunque debe ser mejorada, la LSS presenta globalmente unas propiedades psicométricas aceptables para evaluar el estoicismo en pacientes españoles con cáncer resecado. Palabras clave: Actitud; estoicismo; cáncer; estudio psicométrico; personalidad; afrontamiento.Abstract: Stoicism has been used to describe a wide range of behaviors in the face of disease that go from silence, resistance to the adversity, or 'to make the best of a bad disease'. This study pursued two objectives: 1) analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the LSS; 2) assess the relation between stoicism and gender, age, and the five-factor personality model. NEOcoping is a prospective, multicenter, observational, non-interventionist study. Patients were recruited consecutively at thirteen Spanish teaching hospitals. The following scales were administered: Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) and Big Five Inventory (BFI-10). A total of 443 patients (250 females) with a mean age of 59.8 years (SD =12.3) were enrolled. Colon cancer was the most common, followed by breast cancer. At the total-scale level, mean LSS was lower than the originally reported British sample. The four-factor structure fitted the data well, had a clear interpretation, and the derived scales showed acceptable reliabilities. The personality trait of introversion predicted 4.1% of the variance of stoicism (p<.001). Even though it needs to be improved, the LSS scale demonstrates acceptable psychometric properties to appraise stoicism in the Spanish population with resected cancer.

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Psychometric properties of Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) in a cohort of patients with resected cancer in adjuvant treatment

Calderón¹,

Ferrando²,

Lorenzo‐Seva³

et al. 2017

AN PSICOL-SPAIN

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“…I have reported on the psychological, characterological and emotional transformations portrayed in this sample of news reports in a further paper emerging from this research project (Seale 2001b …”

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Sporting cancer: struggle language in news reports of people with cancer

Seale

2001

Sociology Health & Illness

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The predominance of sporting language in news accounts of cancer experiences is reported in a study of the Anglophone press worldwide. News stories commonly feature sports celebrities with cancer, as well as sporting activities by ordinary people with cancer, designed to generate a sense of (usually successful) personal struggle. The findings extend the view of Sontag and subsequent media analysts, that the language of cancer is dominated by purely military connotations. The view that such struggle' language is harmful to the interests of people with cancer is not yet supported by careful studies of the reception of media messages. While the language of official sport reflects traditional forms of gender bias, reports of breast cancer activism also involve the language of heroic struggle in a sporting context. This is very evident in these articles since they appeared in the first week of breast cancer awareness month, October 1999.

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“…Death is not described in the context of expressions of love and the idealized completion of life's journey as the deaths of those dying of cancer appeared to have been in Seale's (2001Seale's ( , 2002) media analysis of cancer deaths. Religiosity seldom frames these stories.…”

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Death under Control: The Portrayal of Death in Mass Print English Language Magazines in Canada

Clarke

2006

Omega (Westport)

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The purpose of this article is to discuss the portrayal of death in modern North American society in the highest circulating English language magazines available in Canada and published either in the United States or in Canada, in 1991, 1996, and 2001. The prevailing underlying frame/discourse of which there were a number of sub-variants, was the notion of the control of death. Stories focused on people taking control of death by 1) passive and active euthanasia, 2) suicide with political and social motivations and messages, 3) suicide deaths among celebrities and the families of celebrities, 4) dramatic murders, 5) issues in the “right to die movement,” and 6) new techniques and technologies for life extension. There was a very small minority of articles on miscellaneous issues such as death rates and their variation across geographic region, social class, environmental condition, and cause. The article ends with discussion of the ways that this portrayal of death obfuscates the real lack of control most North Americans, particularly those who are poor or “racialized,” have over the timing, or circumstances of death. In addition, as a critical discourse analysis, it discusses the interests that are served by this perspective.

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Cancer Heroics: A Study of News Reports with Particular Reference to Gender

Cited by 140 publications

References 22 publications

Psychometric properties of Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) in a cohort of patients with resected cancer in adjuvant treatment

Psychometric properties of Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) in a cohort of patients with resected cancer in adjuvant treatment

Sporting cancer: struggle language in news reports of people with cancer

Death under Control: The Portrayal of Death in Mass Print English Language Magazines in Canada

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