Abdollahi Abbas, Panahipour Hannaneh, Allen Kelly A, Hosseinian Simin
Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Omega (Westport). 2021 Nov;84(1):91-102. doi: 10.1177/0030222819880714. Epub 2019 Oct 4.
Stress is a commonly reported concern of individuals with chronical diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS). This study sought to investigate the relationships between self-transcendence, death anxiety, and perceived stress among individuals with MS from Iran. A second aim of the study was to assess the buffering effect of self-transcendence in the relationship between death anxiety and perceived stress. Two hundred and fifteen participants with MS from four hospitals completed measures assessing self-transcendence, death anxiety, and perceived stress. Using structural equation modeling, death anxiety was found to be positively related to perceived stress. In addition, there was a negative relationship between self-transcendence and perceived stress. Results of the study suggest that self-transcendence is a buffer in the link between death anxiety and perceived stress for individuals with MS. The findings demonstrate the importance of self-transcendence in decreasing the effects of death anxiety on perceived stress and have clinical implications for health professionals.
压力是包括多发性硬化症（MS）在内的慢性病患者普遍反映的一个问题。本研究旨在调查伊朗多发性硬化症患者的自我超越、死亡焦虑和感知压力之间的关系。该研究的第二个目的是评估自我超越在死亡焦虑与感知压力关系中的缓冲作用。来自四家医院的215名多发性硬化症患者完成了评估自我超越、死亡焦虑和感知压力的测量。使用结构方程模型，发现死亡焦虑与感知压力呈正相关。此外，自我超越与感知压力之间存在负相关。研究结果表明，自我超越是多发性硬化症患者死亡焦虑与感知压力之间联系的一个缓冲因素。这些发现证明了自我超越在降低死亡焦虑对感知压力影响方面的重要性，并对健康专业人员具有临床意义。
