Open AccessPERSONAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROFILES IN CANCER PATIENTS, DEPENDING ON THEIR CLINICAL, FAMILY AND GENDER FEATURES
Author(s) -
Т.Г. Кривоніс
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eksperimentalʹna ì klìnìčna medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2710-1487
pISSN - 2414-4517
DOI - 10.35339/ekm.2019.85.04.06
Subject(s) - personality , psychological adaptation , maladaptation , coping (psychology) , clinical psychology , psychology , psychological intervention , context (archaeology) , cancer , big five personality traits , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , paleontology , biology
The study analyzed the personal and behavioral characteristics of cancer patients in the context of having a psychological profile with a certain level of adaptation. Based on informed consent in Medical- psychological center of Vinnitsa National Pirogov Memorial Medical University and Vinnytsa Regional Clinical Oncology Clinic during 2015-2019 years 288 cancer patients were examined. Assessment of personality traits conducted using the Freiburg Personality Inventory, FPI-B, behavioral patterns - Ways of Coping Questionnaire, WCQ by R. Lazarus and S. Folkman. Cancer causes the actualization of psychological constructs and the stress-protective mechanisms involved in overcoming stress. In families with impaired family adaptation, a higher incidence of patients with maladaptive personality and behavioral profiles was found. Patients with a disharmonious profile are at risk for developing psychological maladaptation in the stressful situation of a life-threatening illness. The personal and behavioral profile of the cancer patient is an important criterion for the choice of medical-psychological help and should be taken into account when applying psychological interventions to the patient and his immediate family (family).