Effects of the healing movie programs on post-traumatic stress syndrome, resilience, and cognitive emotional control strategies of Korean cancer survivors: a non-equivalent control group pretest posttest design

Abstract

Purpose: This study examined the effects of the healing movie programs for cancer survivors onpost-traumatic stress syndrome, resilience, and cognitive emotional control strategies, a quasi-experi mental design. Methods: Participants included 39 cancer survivors registered in four healthcare cen ters in Gyeongsangnam-do. The intervention and control group included 19 and 20 participants, re spectively. The healing program using movies developed in this study was provided to the interventiongroup in 10 sessions, occurring twice each week for 5 weeks and lasting 80 minutes per session. Thedata were collected using structured questionnaires and they were analyzed to examine differences inthe test scores before and after the intervention. Results: In the intervention group, the post-traumat ic stress syndrome (F = 14.97, p < . 001) decreased significantly and the resilience (F = 19.55, p < .001)and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation (F = 5.11, p = .029) increased significantly. The differencebetween the intervention and control group was statistically significant in post-traumatic stress syn drome, resilience, and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation. Thus, the healing program of this studysignificantly reduced post-traumatic stress, and it improved both resilience and adaptive cognitiveemotion regulation of cancer cancer survivors. Conclusion: The healing program is an effective psy chosocial nursing intervention that helps cancer survivors feel better about their illness, and it helpsthem healthy transition from negative emotions to increased resilience and positive cognitive emo tions.