Difficulties in emotion regulation and well-being in breast cancer.

Autor:	Guimarães I; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal., Torres S; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.; Center for Psychology at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal., Vieira AI; Center for Psychology at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal., Jönsson C; Center for Psychology at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal., Prista Guerra M; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.; Center for Psychology at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal., Lencastre L; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.; Center for Psychology at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Health psychology and behavioral medicine [Health Psychol Behav Med] 2024 Mar 18; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 2329087. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 18 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1080/21642850.2024.2329087
Abstrakt:	Objective: Breast cancer is responsible for disruptive changes in women's lives, causing them to experience diverse and intense negative emotions that can affect their perception of well-being. The present study aimed to characterize difficulties in emotion regulation (ER), according to Gratz and Roemer's multidimensional assessment, in women with breast cancer and to relate them with General Well-Being and its different domains: Physical, Social/Familial, Emotional, and Functional. Method: Ninety-five Portuguese women with breast cancer aged between 32 and 75 years answered a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire and the Portuguese versions of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General. Data were collected in an oncology public hospital. Results: In general, difficulties in ER presented negative correlations with General Well-Being and its domains. The multiple regression analysis findings indicated that two specific types of difficulties, Limited Access to ER Strategies and Lack of Emotional Clarity, play a significant role in predicting well-being, especially in the Emotional domain, which was most compromised in these patients. Conclusions: These difficulties should be approached within psycho-oncological interventions as they are essential contributors to improving emotional and general well-being and fostering psychological adaptation to breast cancer. Competing Interests: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s). (© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.)
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