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Social support and psychosocial functioning in women after mastectomy

Janowski, Konrad, Tatala, Małgorzata, Jedynak, Tomasz, Wałachowska, Karolina·2020·Palliative and Supportive Care
DOI 10.1017/s1478951519000774
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OBJECTIVE: Social support has been reported as beneficial for the psychological functioning of people coping with a disease. The objective of this study was to verify whether levels of perceived social support are associated with psychosocial functioning in women who have had a mastectomy and whether specific types of social support are linked to specific indices of functioning. METHOD: Seventy women with a history of mastectomy completed questionnaires measuring their psychosocial functioning as related to their health status: Disease-Related Appraisal Scale, Acceptance of Life with the Disease Scale and Beck Depression Inventory. All participants also completed a measure of perceived social support (Disease-Related Social Support Scale). RESULTS: Women who reported higher levels of perceived social support revealed statistically significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms, higher appraisals of their disease in terms of challenge and value, and lower appraisals of their disease in terms of obstacle/loss. Women with greater social support also revealed higher levels of acceptance of life with the disease compared to those with less social support. Regression analyses showed that spiritual support was the type of support that significantly accounted for the variance in the majority of functioning indices. Some indices of functioning were also significantly accounted for by emotional and instrumental support. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESULTS: The process of psychological adjustment to a life-threatening disease such as breast cancer depends on multiple variables; however, social support, including spiritual support, seems to be one significant contributor to this process.

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Authors
Janowski, K., Tatala, M., Jedynak, T., & Wałachowska, K.
Affiliations
  • VIZJA University (PL)
  • John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (PL)
Corresponding author
Janowski, Konrad
ORCID
Venue
Palliative and Supportive Care
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2019-10-22
Volume
18
Issue
3
Pages
314-321
ISSN
  • 1478-9515 (ISSN-L)
  • 1478-9523
DOI
10.1017/s1478951519000774
OpenAlex
W2981441936
Cited by
26
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2
FWCI
1.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
  • Palliative & Supportive Care (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › BRCA gene mutations in cancer
Keywords
social support, psychosocial functioning, mastectomy, breast cancer, women, depressive symptoms, spiritual support, emotional support, instrumental support, psychological adjustment
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Body Image, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Mastectomy, Middle Aged, Psychology, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Support

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