The lived experience of adjustment to prostate cancer.

IF 2.7 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Psychology of Men & Masculinities Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI:10.1037/MEN0000237

A. Farrington, G. Wilson, Helen Limbrick, K. Swainston

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Abstract

This study aimed to explore the lived experience of adjustment to prostate cancer following diagnosis. A qualitative, interpretative phenomenological analysis approach was used. Data were collected through semistructured interviews. A purposive sampling method recruited 8 participants from a North East of England based, patient-led prostate cancer support group. Participants were diagnosed with prostate cancer and had received a range of treatments. Participants ranged from 59 to 80 years of age (Mage = 69), and time since diagnosis ranged from 13 months to 8 years. Data were analyzed in accordance with an interpretative phenomenological analysis approach. Four themes were generated: "Living With Uncertainty/Prostate-Specific Antigen Test Worry," "Renegotiating Masculinity," "The Prostate Champion," and "Humor." Themes were related in their dynamic nature, which involved participants actively negotiating the adjustment process. The findings highlight the complex nature of the adjustment process to prostate cancer and provides in-depth insight into the barriers and facilitators participants experienced.

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适应前列腺癌的生活经历。

本研究旨在探讨前列腺癌诊断后的生活适应经验。采用定性、解释性现象学分析方法。数据通过半结构化访谈收集。有目的的抽样方法从英格兰东北部的一个病人主导的前列腺癌支持小组中招募了8名参与者。参与者被诊断患有前列腺癌，并接受了一系列治疗。参与者年龄从59岁到80岁不等(年龄≥69岁)，诊断时间从13个月到8年不等。根据解释现象学分析方法对数据进行分析。会议产生了四个主题:“生活在不确定性/前列腺特异性抗原检测的担忧中”、“重新谈判男性气概”、“前列腺冠军”和“幽默”。主题之间的关系是动态的，涉及到参与者积极谈判调整进程。研究结果强调了前列腺癌适应过程的复杂性，并对参与者经历的障碍和促进因素提供了深入的见解。

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Psychology of Men & Masculinities PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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4.80

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11.10%

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Men & Masculinity is devoted to the dissemination of research, theory, and clinical scholarship that advances the psychology of men and masculinity. This discipline is defined broadly as the study of how boys" and men"s psychology is influenced and shaped by both sex and gender, and encompasses both the study of biological sex differences and similarities as well as of the social construction of gender. We are interested in work that arises from applied fields, such as clinical, counseling, and school psychology, and foundational areas such as social, developmental, and cognitive psychology, and the study of emotions. We welcome research using diverse methodologies, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches.