Illness cognitions and psychological distress among young and middle-aged couples with colorectal cancer: A dyadic study.

IF 2.5 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of Health Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI:10.1177/13591053251325028

Qian Sun, Ka Yan Ho, Yuee Wen, Shuang Qin, Siyao Chen, Yan Lin, Junsheng Peng

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This study explored the relationship between illness cognitions (helplessness, acceptance, and perceived benefits) and psychological distress in colorectal cancer couples. A cross-sectional study involving 403 colorectal cancer patients aged 26-59, diagnosed within 5 years, and their spouses in China was conducted from May to September 2023. Self-report questionnaires assessed illness cognitions, dyadic coping, and psychological distress. The results revealed that positive illness cognitions (acceptance and perceived benefits) and helplessness of patients and spouses both had direct and indirect effects on their own psychological distress through dyadic coping. The spouses' coping mediated the relationship between patients' positive illness cognitions and spouses' psychological distress. Patients' coping mediated the association between spouses' positive illness cognitions and patients' psychological distress. The same results were found in the relationships between helplessness and psychological distress. Interventions targeting illness cognitions in colorectal cancer couples may promote better coping and alleviate psychological distress.

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Journal of Health Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： ournal of Health Psychology is an international peer-reviewed journal that aims to support and help shape research in health psychology from around the world. It provides a platform for traditional empirical analyses as well as more qualitative and/or critically oriented approaches. It also addresses the social contexts in which psychological and health processes are embedded. Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed, signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.