ALTRUIZM I SOLIDARNOŚĆ SPOŁECZNA JAKO ŹRÓDŁA DOBROSTANU UCZESTNICZEK PROJEKTU „ONKOMARSZ GRANICAMI POLSKI” FUNDACJI ONKOREJS — WYBIERAM ŻYCIE
ALTRUISM AND SOCIAL SOLIDARITY AS SOURCES OF WELLBEING AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN THE “ONKOMARSZ PROJECT” OF THE ONKOREJS FOUNDATION

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the activities of female participants in the OnkoMarszproject, an initiative of the “Onkorejs — Wybieram Życie” foundation. This projectaims to support adaptation to oncological diseases within a social system thatincludes both cancer survivors and healthy individuals. The analyse is groundedin the social-ecological model of health and illness, which prioritises health asa process whose essence is the balance between health and illness. In this context,wellbeing is understood as the ability of OnkoMarsz participants to carry outlife’s tasks despite the challenges posed by their illness. To explore this, in-depthqualitative interviews were conducted with project participants to determine the source of their wellbeing in sickness and in health. The findings reveal that theparticipants’ strategies for adapting to their disease are egoistically motivated(enjoying life here and now) and altruistically oriented (caring for others). Egoism,altruism and social solidarity intermingle and determine the wellbeing of theparticipants in both subjective and objective dimensions.

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