Control emocional, estilo represivo de afrontamiento y cánceransiedad y cáncer
ISSN: 1696-7240
Year of publication: 2005
Volume: 2
Issue: 1
Pages: 71-80
Type: Article
More publications in: Psicooncología: investigación y clínica biopsicosocial en oncología
Abstract
Cancer diagnosis can be considered as a powerful stressor that could provoke emotional reactions (especially anxiety and depression)even emotional disorders (anxiety and mood disorders). Relationship between cancer and these psychological factors is reviewed. Cancer patients present lower levels of anxiety but similar or higher levels of depression, assessed by self-report questionnaires, than their corresponding controls. Anxiety disorders present similar twelve-month prevalence in cancer patients and in general population, meanwhile mood disorders are more prevalent in cancer patients.