Mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between psychological flexibility and psychological well-being in women with breast cancer-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between psychological flexibility and psychological well-being in women with breast cancer

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Chen Haoting¹,Abdelrasheed Nasser Said Gomaa²,Mecheser Abdullah Eiada³,Tayyib Nahla A⁴,Ramaiah Pushpamala⁴,Prasad KDV⁵,Estrada-Araoz Edwin Gustavo⁶,Alkhayyat Safa⁷,Ramadan Montather F.⁸,Abdollahi Abbas⁹

Affiliation:

1. Zhongyuan Institute of Science and Technology

2. Department of Education, Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman.

3. Al-Bayan University

4. Umm Al-Qura University

5. Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU)

6. Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios

7. the Islamic University

8. Al-Ayen University

9. Alzahra University

Abstract

Abstract Background: Previous studies have investigated the relationship between psychological flexibility and psychological well-being among university students. In addition to examining the relationship between these two variables, this study enhances our understanding about the process underlying the relationship between psychological flexibility and psychological well-being among women with breast cancer. The aim of the present study was to test the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between psychological flexibility and psychological well-being among Iranian women with breast cancer. Methods: The participants of this study, 220 women with breast cancer (ages 28 to 58 years, mean age: 42.16, SD: ±6.9.54) from three hospitals, in Tehran, Iran completed questionnaires about psychological flexibility, self-compassion and psychological well-being. Results: The results from structural equation modeling indicated that psychological flexibility and self-compassion positively predicted psychological well-being and psychological inflexibility negatively predicted psychological well-being among breast cancer patients. The findings from mediation analysis demonstrated that self-compassion partially mediated the relationships between psychological flexibility and psychological inflexibility with psychological well-being. The present study brings to light an underlying mechanism of the relationships between psychological flexibility and psychological inflexibility with psychological well-being via the mediating variable of self-compassion for patients with breast cancer.

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Research Square Platform LLC

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