著者
廣田 奈穂美 大塚 泰正
出版者
公益社団法人 日本心理学会
雑誌
心理学研究 (ISSN:00215236)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.94.22017, (Released:2023-09-01)
参考文献数
32

This study investigated how Japanese cancer survivors adapt to their bodies and jobs and find meaning in their work while dealing with various mental distresses after a cancer diagnosis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 working cancer survivors. The analysis of the interviews using the Modified Grounded Theory Approach generated 38 concepts, 12 subcategories, and 3 categories. The process by which cancer survivors found meaning in their work included three stages: “questioning the self,” “restarting life,” and “integration of work and life.” They embarked on a new life journey, determined to live as cancer survivors. Their journey can be described as a process in which cancer survivors seek the meaning of life and work through their cancer experience and foster their life careers while gradually acquiring these meanings.