Posttraumatic growth as a coping for the life threatening illness

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K08832
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: National Cancer Center Japan
• Principal Investigator: Ken Shimizu 国立研究開発法人国立がん研究センター, 中央病院, 科長 (60501864)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 里見 絵理子 国立研究開発法人国立がん研究センター, 中央病院, 科長 (40543898)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 外傷後成長

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We explored the contents of Posttraumatic growth, as a coping for the life threatening illness from the results of qualitative study. Subsequently we did a multicenter quantitative study with the sample who undergo hematological stem cell transplantation for hematological neoplasms. We have got data of 832 patients and are now constructing the database. The factor structure of Posttraumatic growth and the associated factors will come out.

Free Research Field

精神腫瘍学