title: 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.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5718, USA. opalesh@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Oxana Gronskaya
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Palesh
authors.forename: Tani
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shaffer
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Sidney
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edsall
authors.forename: Xin-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koopman
authors.forename: Julie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Turner-Cobb
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kreshka
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Graddy
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: 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