Role of Alexithymia, Attachment styles and Denail in predicting pain perception and life orientation in patients with cancer.

Daneshvar, Somayeh and Mikaeili, Niloofar and Narimani, Mohammad (2015) Role of Alexithymia, Attachment styles and Denail in predicting pain perception and life orientation in patients with cancer. Masters thesis, university of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

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Abstract

Cancer is one of the serious health problems of societies that the mankind couldn’t overbear it completely. Considering psychological issues may play a crucial role in promoting health and quality of life of patients with cancer. Hence, the current study was conducted to determine the role of alexithymia, attachment styles and denial in predicting pain perception and life orientation in patients with cancer. The current study was a cross-sectional descriptive survey with corelational pattern. The statistial population was recruited among all patients with cancer hopitalized in oncology centers of Shiraz, Iran, from April to November 2014. Using a purposive sampling method, a sample of 100 cancer patients receiving chemotherapy were selected. Data were collected using Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20, Adult Attachment Questionnaire, Denial of Cancer Interview, Visual Analog Scale for pain and Life Orientation Scale, and analyzed using multistage regression analysis and Pearson’s correlation coefficients. Results revealed that pain perception was positively correlated with alexithyma and avoidant attachment and negatively correlated with secure attachment and denial. Optimistic life orietation was also negatively correlated with alexithymia and avoidant attachment and positively and meaningfully correlated with secure attachment and denial. Regression analysis also indicated that denial and secure attachment explained 43% of the whole variance of pain perception among patiets with cancer, and variables of denial and alexithymia explained 25% of optimistic life orientation among these patients. Ultimately, considering variables of alexithymia, attachment styles and denial may play important role in decreaseing percieved pain and increasing optimistic life orientation in patients with cancer.

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