scholarly journals Persons with cancer diagnosis as victims/survivors: Patterns of victimization, empowering support and posttraumatic growth

Temida ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 31-52
Author(s):  
Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Crime Victims ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Secondary Victimisation ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Posttraumatic Disorder

The paper deals with the analyses of primary and secondary victimisation patterns to which cancer diagnosed persons are exposed, as well as an analyses of their needs and the adequacy of the support they receive from persons from their close surrounding, from professionals as well as from state institutions and nongovernmental organizations. The main aim of the paper is to examine applicability of basic victimological concepts such as the notion of victim-survivor, victimization, victim needs, agency v. passivity, self help, social support, posttraumatic disorder/ growth, to the experiences of persons with cancer diagnosis. Consequently the experiences of persons with cancer diagnosis are compared with the experiences of crime victims. On the basis of this analyses, recommendations regarding the possible exchange of experiences and unification of knowledge about crime victims? and cancer diagnosed persons? needs, as the basis for the improvement of existing and the development of new mechanisms of support and (self) help beneficial for both groups are presented.

Posttraumatic Growth and HIV: A Study on Associations of Stigma and Social Support

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Zeligman ◽  
Sejal M. Barden ◽  
W. Bryce Hagedorn
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth

scholarly journals What mediates the racial/ethnic disparity in psychosocial stress among breast cancer patients?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. T. Sánchez-Díaz ◽  
S. Strayhorn ◽  
S. Tejeda ◽  
G. Vijayasiri ◽  
G. H. Rauscher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Psychosocial Stress ◽  
Breast Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Hispanic Patients ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Abstract Background Prior studies have observed greater levels of psychosocial stress (PSS) among non-Hispanic (nH) African American and Hispanic women when compared to nH White patients after a breast cancer diagnosis. We aimed to determine the independent and interdependent roles of socioeconomic position (SEP) and unmet support in the racial disparity in PSS among breast cancer patients. Methods Participants were recruited from the Breast Cancer Care in Chicago study (n = 989). For all recently diagnosed breast cancer patients, aged 25–79, income, education, and tract-level disadvantage and affluence were summed to create a standardized socioeconomic position (SEP) score. Three measures of PSS related to loneliness, perceived stress, and psychological consequences of a breast cancer diagnosis were defined based on previously validated scales. Five domains of unmet social support needs (emotional, spiritual, informational, financial, and practical) were defined from interviews. We conducted path models in MPlus to estimate the extent to which PSS disparities were mediated by SEP and unmet social support needs. Results Black and Hispanic patients reported greater PSS compared to white patients and greater unmet social support needs (p = 0.001 for all domains). Virtually all of the disparity in PSS could be explained by SEP. A substantial portion of the mediating influence of SEP was further transmitted by unmet financial and practical needs among Black patients and by unmet emotional needs for Hispanic patients. Conclusions SEP appeared to be a root cause of the racial/ethnic disparities in PSS within our sample. Our findings further suggest that different interventions may be necessary to alleviate the burden of SEP for nH AA (i.e., more financial support) and Hispanic patients (i.e., more emotional support).

On-Line with the Friends of Bill W: Social Support and the Net

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Pleace ◽  
Roger Burrows ◽  
Brian Loader ◽  
Steven Muncer ◽  
Sarah Nettleton
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Self Help Groups

The Internet is now being used as a mechanism for the delivery of social support on a global scale, chiefly through the formation of self-help groups. Most of the research that has been undertaken on these groups has focussed on Usenet and the use of newsgroups for social support. This paper examines the use of an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) ‘room’, by a self-help group composed of problem drinkers. The group had an international membership and advocated the use of social support, rather than intervention by professional services, to help its membership overcome problem drinking. The paper considers the roles that these new forms of Internet mediated self-help and social support might play in changing the relationships of those who participate in them towards traditional health and social care services. The paper also critically examines the extent to which such fora might function as virtual ‘communities’ of care.

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