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    The characteristics and changes of psychological immune competence of breast cancer patients receiving hypnosis, music or special attention

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    Introduction: Coping mechanism and adaptation skills play an important role in successfully adjusting to breast cancer. The concept of psychological immunity integrates different coping skills that are capacities leading to successful adaptation. Hypnosis as a psychological intervention is effective in increasing coping potentials; nevertheless, there is little empirical evidence on the effectiveness of hypnosis in terms of increasing psychological immunity. Purpose: Our aim was to examine the characteristics and changes of psychological immune competence of breast cancer patients receiving different psychological interventions. Methods: Altogether 61 patients were assigned to receive hypnosis, music, and special attention as adjunctive treatments to standard chemotherapy. Psychological immunity was measured four times with Psychological Immune Competence Inventory (PICI). Results: Differences were detected during treatment on Social Monitoring Capacity (F(2,58) = 5.973, p = .006, ω2 = .12); Problem-Solving Capacity (F(2,58) = 4.208, p=.023, ω2 = .10); Impulse Control (F(2,58) = 6.051, p = .005, ω2 = .11); Emotional Control (F(2,58) = 3.612, p = .037, ω2 = .07) and after the chemotherapy on Sense of Control (F(2,58) = 6.548, p = .004, ω2 = .11); Sense of Coherence (F(2,58) = 4.898, p = .013; ω2 = .10); Problem-Solving Capacity (F(2,58) = 3.949, p = .028, ω2 = .08). Hypnosis-group patients showed higher immune capacity compared to patients in the other two groups. Changes over time were measured and revealed increased psychological immunity based on cumulative PICI (F(3,174) = 6.403, p 2p = .10) and on certain PICI scales in all three groups. Only the scale of Synchronicity showed interactional effects (F(2,58) = 2.508, p = .024, η2p = .08). Conclusions: Psychological immune capacity of breast cancer patients seems to increase throughout chemotherapy and follow-up period, independently from the received interventions. Nonetheless hypnosis may have a further facilitating role in the maintenance and development of psychological immunity during cancer treatments
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