TITLE:
Sense of Coherence, Self-Disclosure, and Depression in Lung Cancer Patients
AUTHORS:
Constantinos Togas, Fotios Anagnostopoulos, George Alexias
KEYWORDS:
Lung Cancer, Sense of Coherence, Self-Disclosure, Depression, Quantitative Method
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Medical Psychology,
Vol.10 No.1,
January
29,
2021
ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the relationship
between sense of coherence and depression
and the mediating role of self-disclosure in lung cancer patients. Α
cross-sectional study was conducted in “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital,
Greece, with a sample of 200 lung cancer patients. The administered questionnaires included demographic-medical
information, SOC-13, Distress Disclosure Index, and CES-D scale. Analysis was performed by SPSS v.23 and
PROCESS. Depression was common (41%) and negatively correlated to SOC (rho = -0.843, df = 198, p SOC of these patients.