Cognitive and Affective Determinants of Decisions to Attend a Group Psychosocial Support Program for Women With Breast Cancer

Abstract

Participation in the group psychosocial support program appeared to be guided by cognitive and affective factors identified by the Common-Sense Model. Psychosocial support programs and informational materials promoting their use may attract more participants if they are tailored to focus on resolving cancer-related distress rather than on general anxiety or depression, appeal to those with high avoidance tendencies, address the role of immune function in cancer progression, and meet the needs of older participants.

Social and psychological determinants of participation in internet-based cancer support groups

“…In the univariate analysis, non-participants of internet groups were found to use cognitive avoidance and fatalism in coping with cancer to a greater extent than internet support group users, indicating that the emotional and supportive interaction within an internet-based support group does not appeal to cancer survivors who use these coping strategies in their adjustment to cancer. This is in line with a previous study showing that cancer patients who decline information or participation in psychosocial support programs are found to employ passive and avoidant coping strategies [19]. When accounting for socioeconomic position, the observed difference in fatalism between users and non-users of internet groups disappeared.…”

Les représentations de la maladie : choix des outils de mesure et applications dans le champ du cancer

“…Enfin, certaines sous-échelles semblent être privilégiées en fonction de l'objectif de la recherche ou autrement dit de la variable qu'elle vise à expliquer. Par exemple, les études qui tentent de comprendre les déterminants du recours aux soins de support utilisent les sous-échelles de contrôle personnel et de représentations émotionnelles de la maladie [25,33]. De plus, certains auteurs adaptent les sous-échelles en y ajoutant des items, élaborés sur la base d'études qualitatives préalables, non couverts par le questionnaire [24] ou en y retirant [25] des items.…”

Barriers to using psycho-oncology services: a qualitative research into the perspectives of users, their relatives, non-users, physicians, and nurses

“…As far as we know, only few studies have investigated these questions. Those that have [e.g., 8,13,17,18,36,41] focused on patient-specific characteristics and attitudes that determine their intention to participate and their actual participation in POS (see Fig. 1, variables without a black frame).…”