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Article

Investigating PTG in Cancer Patients: The Role of Time Dimension in the Experience of Personal Growth

by
Chiara Fioretti
1,*,
Viola Vinciarelli
2,
David Faggi
2,
Lucia Caligiani
2,
Francesca Tessitore
1,
Gianluca Castelnuovo
3,4 and
Mauro Cozzolino
1
1
Department of Human, Philosophical and Educational Sciences (DISUFF), University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
2
Psycho-Oncology Unit, USL Toscana Centro, Via Antella, 58, 50012 Bagno a Ripoli, Italy
3
Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, 20123 Milano, Italy
4
Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milano, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(15), 9619; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159619
Submission received: 27 June 2022 / Revised: 30 July 2022 / Accepted: 1 August 2022 / Published: 4 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Clinical Health Psychology for Cancer Experience: Current Challenges among Prevention, Treatment and Chronicity)
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Abstract

This study explored the experience of growth related to being a cancer patient by implementing a thematic analysis. An online questionnaire was completed by 69 patients narrating their growth experience related to cancer. Collected narratives were analyzed by running a deductive thematic analysis, starting from the five domains of the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and searching for the presence or absence of topics. Descriptive statistics and correlational analysis were performed. The five factors of the PTGI were identified in the narratives. The thematic analysis we performed defined a further theme that we labeled the “time dimension”, which saturated 37.7% of the entire sample. The presences of four sub-themes related to the “time dimension” were also found: “tracing a new temporal rhythm”, “the value of deserved time”, “facing the caducity of life” and “a view on the future”. Each sub-theme significantly correlated with the theme of the “time dimension”. This emergent theme does not correlate in our results with other domains of personal growth in cancer previously described in the scientific literature, emerging as an independent variable not significantly associated with other domains of post-traumatic growth. Our results suggest further investigation in the role of the time dimension in the practical and emotional experience of growth with regard to cancer.
Keywords: post-traumatic growth; cancer; time dimension; illness experience; narratives post-traumatic growth; cancer; time dimension; illness experience; narratives

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Fioretti, C.; Vinciarelli, V.; Faggi, D.; Caligiani, L.; Tessitore, F.; Castelnuovo, G.; Cozzolino, M. Investigating PTG in Cancer Patients: The Role of Time Dimension in the Experience of Personal Growth. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 9619. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159619

AMA Style

Fioretti C, Vinciarelli V, Faggi D, Caligiani L, Tessitore F, Castelnuovo G, Cozzolino M. Investigating PTG in Cancer Patients: The Role of Time Dimension in the Experience of Personal Growth. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(15):9619. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159619

Chicago/Turabian Style

Fioretti, Chiara, Viola Vinciarelli, David Faggi, Lucia Caligiani, Francesca Tessitore, Gianluca Castelnuovo, and Mauro Cozzolino. 2022. "Investigating PTG in Cancer Patients: The Role of Time Dimension in the Experience of Personal Growth" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 15: 9619. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159619

APA Style

Fioretti, C., Vinciarelli, V., Faggi, D., Caligiani, L., Tessitore, F., Castelnuovo, G., & Cozzolino, M. (2022). Investigating PTG in Cancer Patients: The Role of Time Dimension in the Experience of Personal Growth. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), 9619. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159619

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