Relationship between loneliness and post-traumatic growth in patients with gynecologic malignancies: the mediating role of self-disclosure and psychological resilience

Autor: Ting Liao, Xiaoying Tian, Tianrong Huang, Yihong Wu, Xinxia Yu, Simeng Song
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Psychology, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2050-7283
DOI: 10.1186/s40359-024-01954-9
Popis: Abstract Background To explore the relationship between loneliness and post-traumatic growth, with a focus on the mediating role of psychological resilience and self-disclosure. Methods This study was a cross-sectional survey using the Loneliness Scale for Cancer Patients, the Distress Expression Index Scale (for measuring self-disclosure), the Psychological Resilience Scale, and the Posttraumatic Growth Scale on 215 inpatients with gynecologic malignancies at a tertiary care hospital in Guangzhou. Subsequently, Correlation, regression, and mediation analyses were performed using SPSS to test the relationships between the variables. Results The results showed that loneliness was negatively correlated with posttraumatic growth (r = -0.261, P 0.05), but could influence posttraumatic growth through the mediated effect of self-disclosure and psychological resilience, where the total indirect effect of self-disclosure and psychological resilience was − 0.155 (95% CI: -0.236, -0.081, P
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