Psychosocial Adaptation and Quality of Life of Female Breast Cancer Survivors

Violeta Tadić; Ana Batrićević

doi:10.47152/ziksi2026012

Autori

Violeta Tadić Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, Srbija https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6060-8243
Ana Batrićević Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, Srbija https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1727-4222

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47152/ziksi2026012

Ključne reči:

rak dojke, rezilijentnost, psihosocijalna adaptacija, podrška porodice, kvalitet života

Apstrakt

Žene obolele od raka dojke se suočavaju sa brojnim izazovima, ne samo u oblasti fizičkog zdravlja, već i u sferi mentalnog blagostanja. Njihova psihosocijalna adaptacija se odvija pod kontinuiranim zdravstvenim, psihološko-emocionalnim i socijalnim pritiscima. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je da ispita psihosocijalnu adaptaciju i rezilijentnost na uzorku žena obolelih od raka dojke, primenom skale Psihološkog prilagođavanja na bolest (PAIS-SR) i skale Rezilijentnosti (RS). Uzorak je sačinjen od 33 žene starosti između 40 i 76 godina (M = 55.82, SD = 8.35). Podaci su analizirani primenom deskriptivnih i multivarijantnih statističkih metoda. Rezultati ukazuju na generalno adaptivno psihološko prilagođavanje zajedno sa umerenim do visokim nivoima rezilijentnosti. Viši stepen rezilijentnosti je u pozitivnoj korelaciji sa boljom ličnom zdravstvenom orijentacijom, pozitivnijim emocionalnim odgovorima, potpunijim razumevanjem trermana, snažnijom socijalnom i porodičnom podrškom i višim stepenom zadovoljstva sa medicinskim uslugama. Nalazi ovog istraživanja podvlače postojanje potrebe za holističkim pristupima koji integrišu psihosocijalnu podršku u medicinskom negom. Buduća istraživanja trebalo bi da se nadovezuju na ove nalaze, uz uključivanje većih uzoraka, longitudinalnih nacrta i multimetodskih pristupa kako bi se omogućio razvoj individualnih modela podrške i strategija intervencije prilagođenih potrebama pacijenata.

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