Emotional self-efficacy, stressful life events, and satisfaction with social support in relation to mood disturbance among women living with breast cancer in rural communities.
This study evaluated the relationships of emotional self-efficacy, stressful life events, and social support with mood disturbance among women diagnosed with breast cancer who live in rural communities. Eighty-two women completed measures of demographic characteristics, medical status, and psychosocial variables. Using multiple regression analysis, we found that greater mood disturbance was related to having less emotional self-efficacy (p < 0.001) and to having experienced more stressful life events (p = 0.02), while satisfaction with social support was not significantly related to mood disturbance (adjusted R2 = 0.39). Women living with breast cancer in rural communities who have experienced multiple stressful life events may have an increased risk for mood disturbance, whereas having greater emotional self-efficacy may provide resilience against mood disturbance.
Palesh
Oxana Gronskaya
OG
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5718, USA. opalesh@stanford.edu
Shaffer
Tani
T
Larson
Jeanne
J
Edsall
Sidney
S
Chen
Xin-Hua
XH
Koopman
Cheryl
C
Turner-Cobb
Julie M
JM
Kreshka
Mary Anne
MA
Graddy
Kathy
K
Parsons
Rebecca
R
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012424:Rural Population; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological