The Relationship between Self-Compassion, Interpersonal Emotion Regulation, and Coping Styles with Quality of Life in Women after Mastectomy Surgery
Keywords:
Self-compassion, Interpersonal emotion regulation, Coping styles, Quality of life, Women, Mastectomy surgeryAbstract
Objective: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between self-compassion, interpersonal emotion regulation, and coping styles with quality of life in women after mastectomy surgery.
Methods and Materials: The research method was correlational, and the statistical population included women with a history of mastectomy surgery, from whom 200 participants were selected using convenience sampling. Data were collected using the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003), the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ; Hofmann et al., 2016), the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS; Parker & Endler, 1990), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF; World Health Organization, 1991). The collected data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multivariate regression analyses.
Findings: The results of multivariate regression analysis indicated that problem-focused coping, interpersonal emotion regulation, and self-compassion positively and significantly predicted quality of life in women after mastectomy surgery (p < .05), whereas emotion-focused coping and avoidance-focused coping negatively and significantly predicted quality of life (p < .05).
Conclusion: Higher quality of life in women after mastectomy surgery is associated with the use of problem-focused coping strategies, effective interpersonal emotion regulation, and greater self-compassion. Therefore, training in effective coping strategies for dealing with post-surgical life challenges, as well as strengthening self-compassion, should be considered by health psychology professionals to improve the quality of life of these women.
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