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Psychosocial needs and perception of inequity: How spouses react to the cancer of their partner?
Wagener, Aurélie; Bragard, Isabelle; Jonius, Bénédicte et al.
2013In 2013 BAPS Annual Meeting : Conference booklet
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Keywords :
Cancer; Spouses; Psychosocial needs; Perception of inequity
Abstract :
[en] Background. Several studies have highlighted the importance of psychosocial needs in cancer patients’ spouses. Our study’s aim was to reduce these spouses’ needs, using a combination of two psychotherapeutic methods: 1. Psychosocial needs’ organization into a hierarchy; 2. Problem-solving method. We also assessed perception of inequity, which is a new concept used in psycho-oncology. This perception focusses on two feelings that spouses might experience in their relationships: firstly, the feeling of overbenefit and underinvestment; secondly, the feeling of underbenefit and overinvestment. Method. A longitudinal design with three assessments (T0,T1,T2) and two groups (experimental, control) was employed. Spouses fulfilled questionnaires: socio-demographic questionnaire, Psychosocial Needs Inventory, Perception of Inequity, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. At T0, all participants organised their psychosocial needs into a hierarchy. Experimental group practiced problem-solving method before control group. Indeed, experimental group practiced it between T0 and T1 while control group practiced it only between T1 and T2. Results. Thirty-seven spouses participated: N experimental group=19; N control group=18. Whenever the combination was given, repeated measures’ ANOVAs highlighted a significant decrease in unsatisfied psychosocial needs when participants have received both methods. Nevertheless, our results did not replicate previous findings according to which spouses experience a higher feeling of overinvestment and underbenefit than feeling of underinvestment and overbenefit. Discussion. Our results underline the interest of proposing psychotherapeutic methods to cancer patients’ spouses to reduce unsatisfied psychosocial needs: clinical implications will be further discussed. Moreover, perception of inequity is a significant concept in psycho-oncology which consequences will also be discussed.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Wagener, Aurélie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Bragard, Isabelle ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Psychologies et cliniques des systèmes humains > Psychologie de la santé
Jonius, Bénédicte
Blairy, Sylvie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Etienne, Anne-Marie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Psychologies et cliniques des systèmes humains > Psychologie de la santé
Language :
English
Title :
Psychosocial needs and perception of inequity: How spouses react to the cancer of their partner?
Alternative titles :
[fr] Besoins psychosociaux et perception d'iniquité : Comment réagissent les conjoints face au cancer de leur partenaire ?
Publication date :
28 May 2013
Event name :
2013 BAPS Annual Meeting
Event organizer :
Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences
Event place :
Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
Event date :
28 mai 2013
Audience :
International
Main work title :
2013 BAPS Annual Meeting : Conference booklet
Pages :
82
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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