Attachment and general well-being in breast cancer patients: Mediation of body esteem and social support

IF 0.8 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Psychology in Africa Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI:10.1080/14330237.2023.2195715

Liao Yanyan, Chenhong Xu

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Abstract

This study aimed to explore the mediation of body esteem and social support in the relationship between attachment and general well-being in breast cancer patients. We collected data from 150 women with breast cancer and 150 healthy women. Employing bootstrap analysis with 5 000 samples using the ordinary least squares regression, we found that higher attachment avoidance was significantly associated with lower general well-being in both the breast cancer patients and healthy comparison peers. Also, body esteem and social support were significantly associated with attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance and general well-being. Furthermore, body esteem significantly mediated the relationship between attachment avoidance and well-being in breast cancer patients directly through social support; while social support significantly mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance and well-being in breast cancer women directly by body esteem. Therefore, body esteem and social support played a chain intermediary role between attachment avoidance and well-being. These findings suggest a need for breast cancer support programmes for women to enhance their body esteem and sense of social support in the context of their recovery efforts.

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乳腺癌患者的依恋与总体幸福感:身体尊重和社会支持的中介作用

本研究旨在探讨身体尊重和社会支持在乳腺癌患者依恋与总体幸福感关系中的中介作用。我们收集了150名乳腺癌女性和150名健康女性的数据。使用普通最小二乘回归对5000个样本进行自举分析，我们发现，在乳腺癌患者和健康同龄人中，较高的依恋回避与较低的总体幸福感显著相关。此外，身体尊重和社会支持与依恋焦虑、依恋回避和总体幸福感显著相关。身体尊重通过社会支持直接介导依恋回避与幸福感之间的关系;而社会支持直接通过身体尊重在依恋焦虑、依恋回避与幸福感之间起着显著的中介作用。因此，身体尊重和社会支持在依恋回避与幸福感之间起着连锁中介作用。这些发现表明，有必要为女性制定乳腺癌支持计划，以提高她们在康复过程中对身体的尊重和社会支持感。

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Journal of Psychology in Africa PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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1.70

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16.70%

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期刊介绍： Findings from psychological research in Africa and related regions needs a forum for better dissemination and utilisation in the context of development. Special emphasis is placed on the consideration of African, African-American, Asian, Caribbean, and Hispanic-Latino realities and problems. Contributions should attempt a synthesis of emic and etic methodologies and applications. The Journal of Psychology in Africa includes original articles, review articles, book reviews, commentaries, special issues, case analyses, reports and announcements.