Positive personal resources and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: resilience, optimism, hope, courage, trait mindfulness, and self-efficacy in breast cancer patients and survivors.

Autor: Chiesi F; Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug, and Child's Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Psychology, University of Florence, Via S.Salvi 12, 50135, Florence, Italy. francesca.chiesi@unifi.it., Vizza D; Academy of Cognitive Behavioral Sciences of Calabria (ASCoC), Lamezia Terme, Italy., Valente M; Academy of Cognitive Behavioral Sciences of Calabria (ASCoC), Lamezia Terme, Italy.; Voluntary Association 'Ali Rosa', Rende, CS, Italy., Bruno R; 'Annunziata' Hospital, Cosenza, Italy., Lau C; Department of Psychology, Western University, London, ON, Canada., Campagna MR; Academy of Cognitive Behavioral Sciences of Calabria (ASCoC), Lamezia Terme, Italy.; Voluntary Association 'Ali Rosa', Rende, CS, Italy., Lo Iacono M; Academy of Cognitive Behavioral Sciences of Calabria (ASCoC), Lamezia Terme, Italy.; Voluntary Association 'Ali Rosa', Rende, CS, Italy., Bruno F; Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug, and Child's Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Psychology, University of Florence, Via S.Salvi 12, 50135, Florence, Italy. francescobrunofb@gmail.com.; Academy of Cognitive Behavioral Sciences of Calabria (ASCoC), Lamezia Terme, Italy. francescobrunofb@gmail.com.; Regional Neurogenetic Centre (CRN), Department of Primary Care, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale Di Catanzaro, Viale A. Perugini, 88046, Lamezia Terme (CZ), Italy. francescobrunofb@gmail.com.; Association for Neurogenetic Research (ARN), Lamezia Terme (CZ), Italy. francescobrunofb@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer [Support Care Cancer] 2022 Aug; Vol. 30 (8), pp. 7005-7014. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 17.
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-022-07123-1
Abstrakt: Purpose: This study aims to understand the association between positive personal resources (i.e., optimism, hope, courage, trait mindfulness, and self-efficacy), resilience, and psychological distress (i.e., anxiety, depression, stress) in women with breast cancer and breast cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized that personal positive resources can directly influence resilience, which in turn prevented psychological distress.
Methods: The research sample consisted of 409 Italian women (49% patients, 51% survivors) who were administered a questionnaire to assess positive resources, resiliency, and distress. structural equation model (SEM) analysis was carried out to confirm the hypothetical-theoretical model.
Results: Personal positive resources had a direct positive effect on resilience, which prevented from distress. These results were observed across cancer patients and survivors, and regardless the level of direct exposure to COVID-19.
Conclusions: In both patients and survivors, the relationships between positive personal resources, resilience, and psychological distress is strong enough to be not influenced by the level of exposure to COVID-19 and despite COVID-19 pandemic caused the disruption of active treatment plans and delays in routine check-ups.
Implications for Cancer Survivors: Implications of this study suggest the urgency to screen positive resources and to identify women with lower resilience and a potentially higher susceptibility to develop psychological distress. For these women, our findings suggest the implementation of psychological interventions that build resilience.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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