ArticleThe Psychiatric quarterly2026
Effect of Psychological Inflexibility and Cancer-Related Dysfunctional Beliefs About Sleep on the Relationship Between Depression and Fear of Progression in Patients with Cancer.
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- The Dysfunctional Self-Focus Attributes Scale-7 (DSAS-7): A Machine Learning-based Development of a Shortened Version of the DSAS.Journal of medical systems · 2026Article
- Fear of progression profiles and their association with quality of life and depression in ischemic stroke survivors: a latent profile analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
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This study examines the relationship between fear of cancer progression and depression in patients with cancer, emphasizing whether psychological inflexibility and cancer-related dysfunctional beliefs about sleep mediate this relationship. We retrospectively reviewed medical records from 170 patients with cancer who visited a Stress Management Clinic between September 2022 and August 2023. Collected data included demographic information and responses to self-reported rating scales, including the Action and Acceptance Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II), Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form (FoP-Q-SF), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), State subcategory of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), and Cancer-related Dysfunctional Beliefs about Sleep scale (C-DBS). Pearson's correlation, linear regression, and mediation analyses were performed. Higher FoP-Q-SF scores were significantly correlated with elevated PHQ-9 (r = 0.56), STAI-S (r = 0.17), ISI (r = 0.21), C-DBS (r = 0.34), and AAQ-II (r = 0.53) scores. Linear regression analysis showed that FoP-Q-SF scores were significantly associated with younger age (β = -0.25, p < 0.001), higher depression levels (PHQ-9; β = 0.35, p < 0.001), stronger cancer-related dysfunctional beliefs about sleep (C-DBS; β = 0.20, p = 0.002), and greater psychological instability (AAQ-II; β = 0.24, p = 0.002). Mediation analysis indicated that depression directly influenced fear of progression. Furthermore, psychological inflexibility and cancer-related dysfunctional beliefs about sleep partially mediated the relationship between depression and fear of progression. Psychological inflexibility and cancer-related dysfunctional beliefs about sleep mediate the relationship between depression and fear of cancer progression in patients with cancer.
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