Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, China.
The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China.
J Health Psychol. 2024 Mar;29(4):266-274. doi: 10.1177/13591053231202635. Epub 2023 Oct 15.
Caring for children with cancer is stressful for parents and leads to psychological distress, which is mainly manifested as depressive symptoms and anxiety. This study explored the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between stress and psychological distress in parents of children with cancer. We recruited 258 parents of children with cancer in three tertiary hospitals in Mainland China. The results revealed that the mediating effect of resilience for the relationships between stress and depressive symptoms and between stress and anxiety accounted for 23.4% and 11.4%, respectively, of the total effect. Resilience was confirmed as a protective factor that can be incorporated into future intervention programmes to improve the psychological well-being of parents of children with cancer. Future studies could develop resilience training programmes to enhance the resilience of parents of children with cancer to alleviate parents' psychological distress.
照顾癌症患儿对父母来说压力很大，导致心理困扰，主要表现为抑郁症状和焦虑。本研究探讨了韧性在癌症患儿父母的压力与心理困扰之间的关系中的中介作用。我们在内地三所三级医院招募了 258 名癌症患儿的父母。结果表明，韧性对压力与抑郁症状和压力与焦虑之间关系的中介作用分别占总效应的 23.4%和 11.4%。韧性被确认为一种保护因素，可以纳入未来的干预计划中，以改善癌症患儿父母的心理健康。未来的研究可以制定韧性训练计划，以增强癌症患儿父母的韧性，减轻父母的心理困扰。
