Difficulties in emotion regulation and well-being in breast cancer
| Autor: | Isabel Guimarães, Sandra Torres, Ana Isabel Vieira, Catherina Jönsson, Marina Prista Guerra, Leonor Lencastre |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 21642850 2164-2850 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21642850.2024.2329087 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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