ArticleFrontiers in psychology2024
A study of the mediating effect of social support on self-disclosure and demoralization in Chinese older adult homebound breast cancer patients.
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- Study on the Pathway Mechanism of Social Support and Quality of Life Between Self-Disclosure and Stigma Among Breast Cancer Patients During Recovery.The breast journal · 2026Article
- Perceived stress and anxiety as mediators linking self-disclosure to post-abortion depressive symptoms.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Development and psychometric validation of the short-form mandarin Chinese demoralization scale for cancer patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Social support and demoralization among patients with lung cancer in China: A moderated mediation model of self-efficacy and symptom distress.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- The homogeneity of training for graduate students of psychiatry in different universities in China.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- The status and determinants of demoralization in patients with colorectal cancer: a cross-sectional study in China.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025Article
- The role of social support in the association between quality of life and demoralization in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Demoralization syndrome in elderly patients with advanced lung cancer: a multi-center study in North China.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Demoralization is common in older adult homebound breast cancer patients, seriously affecting their quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the demoralization of older adult homebound breast cancer patients and to analyse the mediating effects of social support between self-disclosure and demoralization. Methods: The study enrolled 368 older adult homebound breast cancer patients reviewed in outpatient clinics of three hospitals from January 2022 to August 2023. A questionnaire survey was conducted using the general information questionnaire, the distress disclosure index (DDI), the social support revalued scale (SSRS), and the demoralization scale (DS). Path analysis was conducted to test the hypothesised serial mediation model. Results: The total scores of self-disclosure, social support, and demoralization were 37 (25-42), 34 (19-48.75), and 46.5 (35-68), respectively. The results indicated a positive correlation between self-disclosure and social support ( Discussion: Social support a partial mediated between self-disclosure and demoralization in Chinese older adult homebound breast cancer patients. Clinical staff should focus on developing a social support system for Chinese older adult homebound breast cancer patients, encouraging patients to reveal their minds, and providing psychological counselling to enhance self-confidence and rebirth from adversity.
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