ArticlePsycho-oncology2022
Moderators of the association between stigma and psychological and cancer-related symptoms in women with non-small cell lung cancer.
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Abstract
objectiveLung cancer patients, particularly women, are vulnerable to experience disease-related stigma, which is linked to greater psychological distress and worse treatment outcomes. To inform future stigma-resilience interventions, we examined if mindfulness, self-compassion, and social support might buffer the associations between perceived lung cancer stigma and psychological and cancer-related symptoms.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, women with recently diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer undergoing cancer treatment completed measures of Cataldo Lung Cancer Stigma Scale, depressive (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale), stress (Impact of Events Scale) and cancer-related (MD Anderson Symptom Inventory-Lung Cancer) symptoms, mindfulness (Mindful Attention Awareness Scale), self-compassion (Self-Compassion Scale), and social support (Social Provisions Scale).
resultsThe sample included 56 women (mean age = 65 years; 71% non-Hispanic White; 50% college educated; 74% advanced stage) who had consented to participate in an online support group study. Most (70%) had a smoking history and reported moderate levels of stigma (M = 36.28, SD = 10.51). Based on general linear modeling, mindfulness moderated the associations between stigma and depressive symptoms (F = 5.78, p = 0.02), cancer-related stress (F = 12.21, p = 0.002), and cancer-related symptom severity (F = 4.61, p = 0.04), such that, only for women scoring low in mindfulness, the associations between stigma and symptoms were significant. For those scoring high in mindfulness, the associations between stigma and symptoms were not significant supporting a buffering effect. Self-compassion and social support did not significantly moderate the stigma and symptom associations.
conclusionsHigher levels of mindfulness may protect women from psychological and cancer-related symptoms typically associated with the stigmatizing experience of a lung cancer diagnosis. Yet, longitudinal studies and randomized controlled designs are needed to identify mindfulness as a causal protective factor.
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