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Confiding in crisis: Gender differences in pattern of confiding among cancer patients

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  • Harrison, Judy
  • Maguire, Peter
  • Pitceathly, Carolyn

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Social support has been identified as a key predictor of psychological morbidity following adverse life-events. However, the majority of the research has focused exclusively on women, despite evidence of significant gender difference in the utilisation and role of social support. To examine gender differences in patterns of confiding crisis, 520 subjects were interviewed within 8 weeks of a cancer diagnosis. Men were as likely as women to have confided their main concern in others (61% mainly or fully confided vs 67% of women, P = 0.308) but were much more likely to have used only one confidante (45% vs 25% of women, P

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  • Harrison, Judy & Maguire, Peter & Pitceathly, Carolyn, 1995. "Confiding in crisis: Gender differences in pattern of confiding among cancer patients," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 41(9), pages 1255-1260, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:41:y:1995:i:9:p:1255-1260
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    1. Sarah Stapleton & Natalie Pattison, 2015. "The lived experience of men with advanced cancer in relation to their perceptions of masculinity: a qualitative phenomenological study," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 24(7-8), pages 1069-1078, April.
    2. Seale, Clive & Ziebland, Sue & Charteris-Black, Jonathan, 2006. "Gender, cancer experience and internet use: A comparative keyword analysis of interviews and online cancer support groups," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 62(10), pages 2577-2590, May.
    3. Julie M. Turner-Cobb & Emily Arden-Close & Emma Portch & Liam Wignall, 2022. "Men and Women as Differential Social Barometers: Gender Effects of Perceived Friend Support on the Neuroticism-Loneliness-Well-Being Relationship in a Younger Adult Population," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-15, June.

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