A Study of Life Experience of Adults Who Had Cancer in Adolescent Period

• Main Authors: Chung, Wei-Ting, 鍾維庭
• Other Authors: Chang, Li-Li
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64359519644853304544

碩士 === 國立屏東教育大學 === 教育心理與輔導學系碩士班 === 102 === This study aims to investigate how adolescents’ life pattern interact with their cancer experience. There are three adults participate in this study, they all had cancer when they were 12-20 years old, and off treatment now. Data collection is based on interview, and analysis by narrative analysis method. The results are as follows: 1. Adolescents’ feeling and coping strategies to the diagnosis of cancer In this study, the three adults felt confused and shocked when they heard about the diagnosis of cancer. The coping strategies they used to adapting the suffering were do something they like, keep a feeling of hopefulness, seeking for social support, turning attention to something else, and searching information about the disease. 2. How adolescents’ life experience and support network influence their cancer experience The adults’ positive characteristics and good family support、relationship with doctors can help reducing the impact of negative feelings, and keeping faith to the treatment, being more cooperative. 3. How the experience of cancer influence the values and life after treatment Three adults in this study had positive changes in values and better relationship with families. Two adults made some limits to their life pattern, career and romances, because worrying about relapse.