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Reza Bagherian Sararoudi, Mehrafarin Mahmmodi, Gholamhossien Ahmadzadeh,
Volume 12, Issue 1 (5-2009)
Abstract
Background: Diabetic patients face many challenges related to their illness and treatment in their life. So they need to use coping strategies for adjustment. The purpose of this study was determined the coping styles among diabetic Iranian patients. Methods and Materials: In a case-control study, 100 consecutive diabetic patients admitted to Amin and Sedigheh Taherah Medical Centers, Isfahan, were selected based on the inclusive and exclusive criteria and compared with one hundred normal people who selected from general population. Data collected by using demographic questionnaire, the Jalowiec Coping Scale, then MANCOVA and co-variance were used to analyze the data. Results: Difference between two groups in coping styles were significant (F=2.835, p=0.005). Significant differences was in supportant coping style (F=11.204, p=0.001). There was no significant difference in other coping styles between two groups. Conclusion: It seems that the diabetic patients likely differ from normal people only in supportant coping style when deal with daily stress. But they are similar to normal people in other coping styles. In addition, both groups use problem solving styles when deal with daily stress. The findings emphasis the role of illness representation to determine coping styles.
Mehri Rostamnejad, Javad Khalatbari, Mohammadreza Zarbakhsh Bahri,
Volume 28, Issue 4 (10-2025)
Abstract
Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the chronic diseases that is closely related to psychological factors. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of perceived social support and self-compassion in the relationship between coping styles and quality of life in breast cancer patients (after mastectomy surgery).
Methodology: The research method was a correlational description. The statistical population of this study was women diagnosed with breast cancer and mastectomy who referred to the hospitals of Mazandaran province (Sari and Babol) for follow-up treatment. According to Klein (2014), the sample size of 480 people was selected purposefully. The research data collection tools were quality of life questionnaire (European Organization, 2006), coping strategies questionnaire (Lazarus Folkman, 2001), perceived social support questionnaire (Zimmet et al., 1988) and self-compassion questionnaire (Eris, 2000). To analyze the information obtained from structural regression equation modeling, SPSS22 and Amose 23 software were used.
Results: The results of the research showed that there is a relationship between coping styles mediated by perceived social support and self-compassion with quality of life in breast cancer patients. The lower limit of the confidence interval for the two variables of self-compassion and perceived social support as a mediating variable between coping styles and quality of life is 0.4687 and its upper limit is 0.6523.
Conclusion: Based on the findings, it is recommended to pay attention to variables of perceived social support, self-compassion, coping styles and quality of life in breast cancer patients.
