1. Mediation of Coping Strategies among Patients with Advanced Cancer.
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Huda, Nurul, Yun-Yen, Deli, Hellena, Shaw, Malissa Kay, Huang, Tsai-Wei, and Chang, Hsiu-Ju
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WELL-being , *KRUSKAL-Wallis Test , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *CROSS-sectional method , *MANN Whitney U Test , *REGRESSION analysis , *CANCER patients , *MENTAL depression , *QUALITY of life , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CHI-squared test , *RESEARCH funding , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation , *ANXIETY , *STATISTICAL correlation , *EMOTIONS , *DATA analysis software , *PSYCHOLOGICAL distress , *PSYCHOLOGICAL stress - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to test the mediating effects of coping on relationships of psychological distress and stress with anxiety, depression, and quality of life. A cross-sectional and correlational research study was used to recruit a sample of 440 patients with advanced cancer in Indonesia. A bootstrap resampling procedure was used to test the significance of the total and specific indirect effects of coping. Data analysis showed that problem-focused coping (PFC) mediated relationships of psychological distress and stress on depression, anxiety and functional well-being. PFC also mediated the relationship between stress and social well-being. Emotional-focused coping (EFC) mediated the relationship of stress with physical and emotional well-being. EFC also mediated the relationships between psychological distress and physical well-being. Thus, proper assessments and interventions should be tailored and implemented for patients in order to facilitate their use of coping strategies when needed in stressful situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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