@Article{Ziętalewicz2014,
journal="Medycyna Paliatywna/Palliative Medicine",
issn="2081-0016",
volume="6",
number="3",
year="2014",
title="Psychological functioning in women and men with cancer",
abstract=" Aim of the study:  The aim of the study was to assess the psychological functioning of women and men diagnosed with cancer.    Material and methods:  The study involved 572 patients of Oncology Centre in Warsaw, 19-69 years, diagnosed with cancer: reproductive system (26.3%), head and neck (12.5%), gastrointestinal tract (12.1%), breast (10.7%), urologic (9.8%), and nervous tissue (7%), lung (7%), lymphomas (6.7%), other (7.9%). Among the respondents are women (60%), people with secondary education (39%), living in a big city (47.8%), remaining in relationships (75.9%).The following questionnaires were used: Generalized Self Efficacy Scale, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (Mini-MAC), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and questionnaire on demographic variables. Group of men and women were compared in terms of the variables tested using Student’s t test for independent samples.    Results : Women, compared to men: have a lower sense of self-efficiency, are more likely to use strategies to cope with stress, such as rumination, catastrophizing, and blaming others, can be characterized by having the following attitudes toward disease: high preoccupation with anxiety, high helplessness-hopelessness, high fighting spirit, and high positive re-evaluation, have a higher severity of anxiety and depression.    Conclusions : Psychological interventions to support the process of cancer treatment should take into account the specificity of the psychological functioning of men and women, and should be tailored to their needs.",
author="Ziętalewicz, Urszula
and Kulpa, Marta
and Stypuła-Ciuba, Beata J.
and Kosowicz, Mariola",
pages="145--150",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Psychological-functioning-in-women-and-men-with-cancer,59,23947,1,1.html"
}