Does She Advance Her Development in The Face of Cancer? A Structural Equation Model of Posttraumatic Growth after Diagnosed with Cancer

The purpose of this study is to perform the structural equation modeling of relationship among personality, depression, social support, subjective severity, deliberate rumination, intrusive rumination and post-traumatic growth of patients with breast cancer. 201 women participated in this study recruited from inpatients or outpatients female cancer clinics in Korea. Personality, social support, and deliberate rumination had significant positive direct effect on post-traumatic growth. Social support, subjective severity and intrusive rumination had significant indirect effect on posttraumatic growth via deliberate rumination. Depression had significant positive and direct effect on intrusive rumination. The findings of this study suggest a more comprehensive model of growth would be helpful in understanding the various factors which play a role in cancer survivors’ perception of psychological growth. 1