Toward an improved conceptualization of emotions in patients with cancer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15525919 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joost Dekker (0000-0003-2027-0027, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, corresponding author), Elise Doppenberg-Smit (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Annemarie Braamse (0000-0003-3216-6753, Amsterdam University Medical Centers), Femke Lamers (0000-0003-4344-5766, GGD Amsterdam), Myra van Linde (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Henk M W Verheul (0000-0001-5981-922X, Erasmus University Rotterdam), Mirjam A G Sprangers (0000-0002-3728-6933, Amsterdam University Medical Centers), Aartjan T F Beekman (0000-0003-2382-1410, GGD Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Pages | 1352026-1352026 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1352026 |
| PMID | 38600981 |
| OpenAlex | W4393229475 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
Cancer and its associated treatment is a major stressor, leading to emotions such as anxiety or depressive mood. Human emotions have developed through the course of evolution because they facilitate adaptation to important events, such as cancer and its associated treatment. On the other hand, emotions can be maladaptive and interfere with adaptation to cancer. Emotions are maladaptive if they are disproportionally severe or persistent, and if they interfere with functioning. We aim to expand the conceptualization of adaptive and maladaptive emotions in patients with cancer. We draw on major theories in the field of mental disorder and mental health, and apply these theories to conceptualize adaptive and maladaptive emotions in patients with cancer. (i) Maladaptive emotions have two essential features: mental dysfunction and patient harm. Maladaptive emotions are characterized by a network of strongly associated emotional symptoms, which may include cancer-related somatic symptoms. The dysfunctional symptom network is hypothesized to be the result of disturbance of life goal pursuit caused by cancer. (ii) Adaptive emotions have two essential features: ability to deal with cancer and functioning well. The ability to use emotions in an adaptive way depends on skills to recognize, express, and regulate emotions in a flexible manner. A secure attachment style facilitates adaptive emotional responses to cancer. The present conceptualization of adaptive and maladaptive emotions is expected to contribute to better understanding and management of emotions in patients with cancer
Adaptation (eye · Adaptive behavior · Anger · Anxiety · Cancer · Conceptualization · Developmental psychology · Dysfunctional family · Harm · Mental health · Mood · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |