Fu-Chien Hung
Dept. of Psychology National Taiwan University
Yih-Ru Cheng
Tai-Yuan Chiu
Dept. of Family Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital
Wen-Yu Hu
School of Nursing National Taiwan University
Ching-Yu Chen
Dept. of Family Medicine NTU Hospital
En-ChangWu
Dept. of Psychology National Taiwan University
Cancer can be a threat to life itself, as well as to the individual’s perception of quality of life as especially for terminal patients. Quality of life is a complex construct that is associated with multiple domains. Psychological researchers on the study the domain of psychological well-being. Researchers have identified two facets of subjective well-being: a cognitive judgment of life satisfaction and an emotional aspect consisting of independent positive feeling and negative feeling components. This paper was aimed to study the relationship among psychosocial problems, coping strategies and negative feelings. Thirty-nine terminal cancer patients (21 male, 18 female), average age 61.6 years, completed Negative Feeling Scale (anxiety and depression) and Psychosocial Problem and Coping Strategy Checklist. Results of the study indicated: a. psychosocial problems have not directly influenced to negative feelings; b. cognitive reappraisal coping strategy was negatively related to negative feelings; c. psychosocial problems and coping strategies was specifically related.
Keywords: terminal cancer patient, quality of life, psychological well-being, negative feeling, psychosocial problem, coping strategy