Mehri Rostamnejad, Javad Khalatbari, Mohammadreza Zarbakhsh Bahri,
Volume 28, Issue 5 (12-2025)
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).
Methods: The research method was a correlational description. The statistical population of this study was women diagnosed with breast cancer and mastectomy who were 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. Data were collected using the Quality of Life Questionnaire (European Organisation, 2006), the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (Lazarus & Folkman, 2001), the Perceived Social Support Questionnaire (Zimet et al., 1988), and the Self-Compassion Questionnaire (Eris, 2000). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data.
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.
Conclusions: Based on the findings, it is recommended to pay attention to the variables of perceived social support, self-compassion, coping styles, and quality of life in breast cancer patients.
Javad Rahmani, Ghodratollah Abbasi,
Volume 29, Issue 1 (3-2026)
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of the present study was to investigate the structural relationships between body image and dating anxiety in adolescents with acne vulgaris with the mediating role of self-compassion and interpersonal cognitive distortion.
Methods: The present research method was applied in terms of purpose and was conducted using the structural equation modeling method. The statistical population of the study included all individuals referring to the skin clinic of ValiAsr and Razi hospitals in Ghaemshahr at 2023. Considering the volume obtained from the G*Power software, the sample size of 100 individuals was selected non-randomly and purposively from among individuals with acne vulgaris. The data collection tools included the Souto and Garcia Body Image Questionnaire (2002), the Neff Self-Compassion Questionnaire (2003), the Hamamci C Interpersonal Cognitive Distortion Questionnaire (2004), and the Glickman and La greca Adolescent Dating Anxiety (2004). Data analysis was also performed using SPSS version 26 and PLS version 4.
Results: The results of this study, the proposed model has an acceptable fit. In general, in the proposed model of the study, the results showed that body image is related to dating anxiety both directly and indirectly through self-compassion and interpersonal cognitive distortion.
Conclusion: Since acne vulgaris can disrupt a person's perception of their body and these people experience less self-compassion and more cognitive distortions; they may experience anxiety in their relationships, especially at the beginning of their romantic or potential romantic relationships.
