Confiding in crisis: Gender differences in pattern of confiding among cancer patients

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 41; no. 9; pp. 1255 - 1260
• Main Authors: Harrison, Judy, Maguire, Peter, Pitceathly, Carolyn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.1995; Elsevier; Pergamon Press Inc
• Series: Social Science & Medicine
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cancer; Community care; Confidants; Crisis Intervention; Disclosure; England; Family - psychology; Female; Gender differences; Gender differentiation; Gender Identity; Humans; Interpersonal communication; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - psychology; Patients; Personality Assessment; Physician-patient relationship; Self Disclosure; Sex Differences; Sexes; Sick Role; Social research; Social Support

Social support has been identified as a key predictor of psychological morbidity following adverse life-events. However, the majority of the research has focused exclusively on women, despite evidence of significant gender difference in the utilisation and role of social support. To examine gender d...