Agata Poręba-Chabros

Lung cancer carries a substantial psychosocial burden, frequently involving elevated psychological distress, disease-related stigma, and difficulties in adaptation to illness. Coping styles and self-efficacy are both recognized as relevant personal resources in chronic illness, but their combined statistical association with perceived stress, and specifically whether self-efficacy accounts for part of the association between coping and stress, has not been examined in lung cancer patients. Objective: This study examined the statistical associations between coping styles (task-, emotion-, and avoidance-oriented), cancer-related self-efficacy, and perceived stress, testing cancer-related self-efficacy as a mediator of each coping style’s association with perceived stress, and additionally compared these variables by gender. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among ninety-seven patients diagnosed with lung cancer. Standardized measures included the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, a cancer-specific adaptation of the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Perceived Stress Scale. A series of three simple mediation analyses was performed to evaluate the proposed statistical model. Results: Task-oriented coping was positively, and emotion-oriented coping negatively, associated with cancer-related self-efficacy; avoidance-oriented coping showed no significant association with self-efficacy. Task- and emotion-oriented coping were significantly associated with perceived stress in the expected directions, while avoidance-oriented coping was not. Cancer-related self-efficacy significantly, and partially, mediated the association between task-oriented coping and perceived stress; no significant indirect effect was found for emotion- or avoidance-oriented coping. Women reported significantly higher perceived stress and greater use of emotion-oriented coping than men, with no significant gender differences in self-efficacy or the other coping styles. Conclusions: In this cross-sectional sample, cancer-related self-efficacy was statistically associated with lower perceived stress specifically through its association with task-oriented coping, whereas the association between emotion-oriented coping and stress appeared largely independent of self-efficacy. These findings suggest that coping styles are associated with perceived stress through at least partly distinct mechanisms and support attention to both active coping and self-efficacy beliefs in psychosocial care for lung cancer patients, while findings regarding gender differences warrant further, formally tested investigation.

This study examines how work design influences employee mental health and job satisfaction within the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) framework, incorpo-rating a biopsychosocial perspective. Data were collected from 306 employees (228 women, 78 men) using the Polish adaptations of the Work Design Question-naire (WDQ; Hauk, 2014) and the Satisfaction with Job Scale (SWJS; Zalewska, 2003), alongside the Symptom Checklist-27-plus (SCL-27-plus; Hardt, 2008; Kuncewicz et al., 2014) for mental health outcomes. Correlation and regression analyses revealed that ergonomic conditions, autonomy, and feedback were the strongest predictors of job satisfaction. Mediation analyses further indicated that job satisfaction fully mediated the relationship between ergonomics and both depressive and pain symptoms, while effects on vegetative, agoraphobic, and sociophobic symptoms were weaker and largely nonsignificant. These findings highlight the pivotal role of well-structured and supportive work environments – particularly physical conditions – in fostering job satisfaction and protecting mental health. The results provide practical guidance for organizations aiming to enhance employee well-being, emphasizing ergonomics, autonomy, feedback, and social support as key resources in contemporary work design.

Introduction and objective: In recent years there has been an increase in public interest in the dangers posed by the deteriorating state of our planet. Climate change has caused climate anxiety among the population which also affects their mental state. The study investigates the relationship...

Introduction: Lung cancer is a type of cancer that negatively and strongly affects mental and physical functions. It is characterized by specific symptoms, including emotional ones, i.e. high levels of stress, feelings of insecurity and loss of security. These emotional effects can directly debilitate individuals, thereby increasing the risk of depression and anxiety disorders. The present study examined the variables that determine the psychological functioning of people with lung cancer. Aim of the study: This study examined the relationships between coping styles, stress levels and pain levels in lung cancer patients and whether these relationships were moderated by place of residence. Methods: A sample of 97 lung cancer patients completed questionnaires measuring coping styles (the Coping with Stress Inventory), perceived stress levels (the Perceived Stress Scale) and pain levels (the McGill Brief Pain Questionnaire). Results: Emotion-focused coping style was positively associated with higher levels of stress and pain, while task-focused coping style was negatively associated with it. Stress level fully mediated the association between emotion-focused coping and pain. The associations between emotion-focused coping, stress and pain were stronger in patients living in small towns than in patients from larger cities. Conclusions: An emotion-focused way of coping increases patients’ stress levels, which in turn increases pain perception. This relationship is clear among patients from rural areas and small towns. The task-oriented approach is associated with lower stress. Stress acts as an explanatory mechanism for how different coping strategies affect pain perception. The results underscore the importance of interventions to improve coping skills, especially for rural patients who may have less access to medical resources and support. Shifting from an emotion-focused coping style to a task-focused coping style may help reduce stress and alleviate pain in patients with lung cancer.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to provide support for the hypothesis that there was a correlation between the subjective appraisal of one’s disease and the level of stress, as well as the hypothesis that coping styles may have a mediating role on the relationship between the perception of the disease and stress level in patients diagnosed with lung cancer. Methods: The study involved 97 respondents diagnosed with lung cancer, including 50 men and 47 women. The following methods were used for the study: the Disease-Related Appraisals Scale, the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, and the Perceived Stress Scale. Socio-demographic data were also collected. Results: The results show that emotion-oriented coping (EOC) acts as a mediator on the relationship between the appraisal of the disease and stress level in patients diagnosed with lung cancer. A total of 4 multiple mediation models were tested. Conclusion: The research findings provide support for the hypothesis that coping style is crucial for the way patients appraise their disease and for their stress level. It is important to diagnose individual specific needs of lung cancer patients. The research results are an important source of information for those responsible for training medical staff on how to support cancer patients in their illness.

Introduction: Many studies attempt to explain the relationship between living in highly industrialized societies and the development of various diseases among people. Nowadays, the incidence of lung cancer is increasing worldwide. This is a highly stressful situation, both psychologically and...