Review

Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish?

Volume: 15 Number: 3 September 10, 2021
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Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish?

Abstract

Cancer symptoms make patients less able to cope with their health conditions, more vulnerable to negative outcomes, and more likely to develop negative self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is one’s judgment and belief in how successfully one can overcome possible future challenges. The self-efficacy theory holds that people are likely to engage in activities which they believe they can accomplish and avoid those in which they perceive themselves to be incompetent. Self-efficacy is of paramount significance for cancer patients to cope with treatment-related physical, social, and psychological problems and to adapt to new life situations. It should, therefore, be considered an integral part of well-being and success in symptom management. Nurses play a significant role in health-promoting behavior development. Nurses also manage such variables as maintaining activities of daily living, increased success rates, adaptation to change, involving family and social support mechanisms in the process, and encouraging and informing patients. Thus, nurses also support patients to increase their self-efficacy perceptions. The purpose of this review is to present the literature on the concept of self-efficacy, which is a determinant of the coping behaviors of patients with cancer.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

September 10, 2021

Submission Date

May 29, 2020

Acceptance Date

April 9, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 15 Number: 3

APA
Kırca, K., & Kutlutürkan, S. (2021). Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish? Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 15(3), 610-621. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.744412
AMA
1.Kırca K, Kutlutürkan S. Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish? TJFMPC. 2021;15(3):610-621. doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.744412
Chicago
Kırca, Kamile, and Sevinç Kutlutürkan. 2021. “Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish?”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 15 (3): 610-21. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.744412.
EndNote
Kırca K, Kutlutürkan S (September 1, 2021) Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish? Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 15 3 610–621.
IEEE
[1]K. Kırca and S. Kutlutürkan, “Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish?”, TJFMPC, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 610–621, Sept. 2021, doi: 10.21763/tjfmpc.744412.
ISNAD
Kırca, Kamile - Kutlutürkan, Sevinç. “Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish?”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 15/3 (September 1, 2021): 610-621. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.744412.
JAMA
1.Kırca K, Kutlutürkan S. Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish? TJFMPC. 2021;15:610–621.
MLA
Kırca, Kamile, and Sevinç Kutlutürkan. “Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish?”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, vol. 15, no. 3, Sept. 2021, pp. 610-21, doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.744412.
Vancouver
1.Kamile Kırca, Sevinç Kutlutürkan. Self-Efficacy in Coping Behaviors of Cancer Patients: Who Am I and What Can I Accomplish? TJFMPC. 2021 Sep. 1;15(3):610-21. doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.744412

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