Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
Educational Psychology and Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Psychooncology. 2020 May;29(5):927-933. doi: 10.1002/pon.5369. Epub 2020 Mar 10.
Women with breast cancer are exposed to various stressors, and self-care behaviors play an important role in their recovery. However, very few studies have investigated self-care behaviors specifically for women with breast cancer. The current study examined the relationship between perceived stress and self-care behaviors, and explored whether self-compassion moderated this relationship.
A sample of 210 women with breast cancer aged 27 to 60 years old from three hospitals in Tehran, Iran completed online self-report questionnaires of self-care behaviors, self-compassion, and perceived stress.
Data analyses with structural equation modeling showed that perceived stress (β = -.37, P < .01) and self-compassion (β = .38, P < .01) were significant predictors of self-care behaviors. The interaction-moderation analysis showed that self-compassion acted as a moderator between perceived stress and self-care behaviors.
The findings enhance our understanding about the protective role of self-compassion in the relationship between perceived stress and self-care behaviors in women with breast cancer.
乳腺癌女性会面临各种压力源，而自我护理行为对其康复起着重要作用。然而，很少有研究专门针对乳腺癌女性的自我护理行为进行研究。本研究考察了感知压力与自我护理行为之间的关系，并探讨了自我同情是否调节了这种关系。
来自伊朗德黑兰三家医院的 210 名年龄在 27 至 60 岁的乳腺癌女性完成了在线自我报告问卷，包括自我护理行为、自我同情和感知压力。
结构方程模型数据分析显示，感知压力（β=-.37，P<.01）和自我同情（β=.38，P<.01）是自我护理行为的显著预测因素。交互调节分析表明，自我同情在感知压力和自我护理行为之间起调节作用。
这些发现增强了我们对自我同情在乳腺癌女性感知压力与自我护理行为关系中的保护作用的理解。
