Published online Mar 31, 2015.
https://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2015.15.1.1
The Influence of Stress, Spousal Support, and Resilience on the Ways of Coping among Women with Breast Cancer
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of stress, spousal support, and resilience on the types of coping among women with breast cancer.
Method
Using a cross-sectional survey design, a total of 120 participants, diagnosed with breast cancer, had a mass removal surgery, and were fluent in Korean, were recruited at a cancer center in Seoul, Korea. Self-reported questionnaires of stress, spousal support, resilience, and ways of coping were administered upon the permission from the original developers. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 Win program.
Result
Ways of coping was positively correlated with spousal support, resilience, and stress. Positive correlations were found between problem-focused coping, spousal support, and resilience. Positive correlations were found between emotion-focused coping with stress and resilience. Hierarchical multiple regressions revealed that spousal support had significant moderating effect on the relationship between stress and emotion-focused coping.
Conclusion
Women perceived their diagnosis and surgery as more stressful, they more like to use emotion-focused coping. Women with more spousal support and resilience were found to use problem-focused coping more. Based on the findings of this study, a tailored intervention for women with breast cancer for improving their coping is expected in future research.
Fig. 1
Moderation Model: Spousal Support Moderates the Relationship between Stress and Emotion-focused Coping.
Fig. 2
Moderation Effect among Stress, Spousal Support, and Emotion-focused Coping.
Table 1
Demographic Characteristics and Disease Characteristics (N=120)
Table 2
Descriptive Statistics for Outcome Variables (N=120)
Table 3
Correlations among Stress, Spousal Support, Resilience and Ways of Coping
This article is a condensed form of the first author's master's thesis from Seoul National University.
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