TY - JOUR
T1 - Sense of coherence as a protective factor for demoralisation in women with a recent diagnosis of gynaecological cancer
AU - Boscaglia, Nadia
AU - Clarke, David Murray
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - BACKGROUND: Demoralisation is a dysphoric mood state commonly seen in the medically ill. Its core features comprise hopelessness, helplessness, loss of purpose and meaning, despair, and existential distress. Sense of Coherence (SOC) is a quantifiable dispositional orientation that captures the character traits likely to protect against demoralisation. In this study, we hypothesised on theoretical grounds that a strong SOC would be associated with lower levels of demoralisation in the context of gynaecological cancer (GC). METHOD: One hundred and twenty women with a recent (
AB - BACKGROUND: Demoralisation is a dysphoric mood state commonly seen in the medically ill. Its core features comprise hopelessness, helplessness, loss of purpose and meaning, despair, and existential distress. Sense of Coherence (SOC) is a quantifiable dispositional orientation that captures the character traits likely to protect against demoralisation. In this study, we hypothesised on theoretical grounds that a strong SOC would be associated with lower levels of demoralisation in the context of gynaecological cancer (GC). METHOD: One hundred and twenty women with a recent (
UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112729761/PDFSTART
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33847711360
M3 - Article
SN - 1099-1611
VL - 16
SP - 189
EP - 195
JO - Psycho-Oncology
JF - Psycho-Oncology
IS - 3
ER -
