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Self-Efficacy Affects Cancer Patients in Solving Problems, Seeking Support and Avoiding Problems as Coping Mechanisms

Background: Cancer is a disease that causes various physical and mental problems. Being diagnosed with cancer affects the self-efficacy and behavior of individuals to choose a coping mechanism in facing the problem.
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effect of self-efficacy on solving problems, seeking support, and avoiding problems as coping mechanisms in cancer patients.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 45 cancer patients selected using a total sampling technique from two public health centers in Surabaya, Indonesia. Data were collected using the General Self-Efficacy Scale and Coping Strategy Indicator, and analyzed using the Shapiro Wilk for data normality, and linear regression to determine the effects of self-efficacy on solving problems, seeking support, and avoiding problems with p< 0.05.
Results: The results showed the participants’ rate of self-efficacy levels (M=3.26), and coping mechanism levels in solving problems (M=3.46), seeking support (M=2.88), and avoiding problems (M=3.27), as well as mean scores of self-efficacy (32.6±3.8), solving problems (34.6±3.8), seeking support (31.8±3.7), and avoiding problems (32.7±3.2). Based on the linear regression test, there was a significant effect self-efficacy on solving problems (p

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Series Title
Nurse Media Journal of Nursing, Vol. 10 No. 2 August 2020
Call Number
(05) 610.5 DEP n
Publisher
Semarang : Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University.,
Collation
Hlm. 146-157
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
2087-7811
Classification
(05) 610.5 DEP n
Content Type
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Media Type
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Carrier Type
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Edition
Vol. 10 No. 2 August 2020
Subject(s)
Self-efficacy
Avoiding problems
seeking support
solving problems
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