The Role of Subjective Age in the System of Psychological Factors in the Course of the Disease in Men with Prostate Cancer. Part II. Subjective Age and Other Psychological Factors in the Course of the Disease in Men with Prostate Cancer

<p><strong>Relevance.</strong> Psychological factors play a great role in overcoming a life-threatening disease, in particular coping strategies, a belief system, and personal characteristics of the patient. Part II of the article is devoted to subjective age in the system of psychological factors in men with prostate cancer. <strong>Purpose.</strong> The work is devoted to the study of the role of subjective age in the system of psychological factors in men with prostate cancer; in this part of the work, attention is focused on the relationship between subjective age and basic beliefs, coping behavior, personal helplessness/independence, resilience. <strong>Materials and methods.</strong> The study involved 127 men aged 53 to 85 years (M=68, Iu=69, SD=10,27) diagnosed with prostate cancer (stage I of the disease - 16 men, stage II - 64, stage III - 13, IV - 34; favorable course of the disease - 40 people, unfavorable - 61), who have been under the supervision of an oncologist since the diagnosis. In addition to sociodemographic data, subjective age was studied (B. Barak questionnaire in adaptation by E.A. Sergienko, 2011), methods of coping behavior (R. Lazarus questionnaire, S. Folkman in adaptation by T.L. Kryukova, 2004), basic beliefs (R. Janoff-Bulman scale of the same name, adaptation by M.A. Padun, A.V. Kotelnikova, 2012) and the severity of personal helplessness (Questionnaire of personal helplessness D.A. Tsiring, and A.V. Stepanenko, 2018), the test of resilience in adaptation D.A. Leontiev, E.I. Rasskazova (2006). <strong>Results and conclusions.</strong> Analysis of the data obtained indicates a narrow involvement of men with prostate cancer in disease resistance. Isolated correlations of subjective age with the component of resilience – control, coping strategies, personal helplessness/independence, basic beliefs - were found.</p>