Self‐compassion moderates the perceived stress and self‐care behaviors link in women with breast cancer

Abstract Background In a context where there is no treatment for the current COVID-19 virus, the combination of self-care behaviours together with confinement, are strategies to decrease the risk of contagion and remain healthy. However, there are no self-care measures to screen self-care activities in general population and which, could be briefly in a lockdown situation. This research aims to build and validate a psychometric tool to screen self-care activities in general population. Methods Firstly, an exploratory factor analysis was performed in a sample of 226 participants to discover the underlying factorial structure and to reduce the number of items in the original tool into a significant pool of items related to self-care. Later a confirmatory factor analyses were performed in a new sample of 261 participants to test for the fit and goodness of factor solutions. Internal validity, reliability, and convergent validity between its score with perceived stress and psychological well-being measures were examined on this sample. Results The exploratory analyses suggested a four-factor solution, corresponding to health consciousness, nutrition and physical activity, sleep, and intra-personal and inter-personal coping skills (14 items). Then, the four-factor structure was confirmed as the best model fit for self-care activities. The tool demonstrated good reliability, predictive validity of individuals’ perception of coping with COVID-19 lockdown, and convergent validity with well-being and perceived stress. Conclusions This screening tool could be helpful to address future evaluations and interventions to promote healthy behaviours. Likewise, this tool can be targeted to specific population self-care’s needs during a scalable situation.

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Self-Care for Nurse Leaders in Acute Care Environment Reduces Perceived Stress: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study Merits Further Investigation

Journal of Holistic Nursing ◽

10.1177/0898010116685655 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 79-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Susan Mac Leod Dyess ◽

Angela S. Prestia ◽

Doren-Elyse Marquit ◽

David Newman

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Acute Care ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Self Care ◽

Nurse Leaders ◽

Future Research ◽

Care Practice ◽

Meditation Practice ◽

Significant Drop

Acute care practice settings are stressful. Nurse leaders face stressful demands of numerous competing priorities. Some nurse leaders experience unmanageable stress, but success requires self-care. This article presents a repeated measures intervention design study using mixed methods to investigate a self-care simple meditation practice for nurse leaders. Themes and subthemes emerged in association with the three data collection points: at baseline (pretest), after 6 weeks, and after 12 weeks (posttest) from introduction of the self-care simple meditation practice. An analysis of variance yielded a statistically significant drop in perceived stress at 6 weeks and again at 12 weeks. Conducting future research is merited.

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The Dual Mediation Effects of Self-compassion and Gratitude between Perceived Stress and Insomnia

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF CULTURE AND SOCIAL ISSUES ◽

10.20406/kjcs.2021.11.27.4.609 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 609-628

Author(s):

Kyoungmi Kim

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

Mediation Effects ◽

Self Compassion

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Self-care and the stressed at work: humility, detachment and self-compassion as key enablers of healing and hope

10.20935/al4515 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Devenish-Meares

Keyword(s):

Self Care ◽

Self Compassion

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Dimensions of Cancer Locus of Control Scale as Predictors of Psychological Adjustment and Survival in Breast Cancer Patients

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.97.3.699-711 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 97 (3) ◽

pp. 699-711 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

F. Cousson-Gélie ◽

S. Irachabal ◽

M. Bruchon-Schweitzer ◽

J. M. Dilhuydy ◽

F. Lakdja

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Body Image ◽

Locus Of Control ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Causal Attribution ◽

Breast Cancer Patients ◽

Control Scale ◽

French Version ◽

Religious Control

The Cancer Locus of Control Scale, to investigate specific beliefs of control in cancer patients, was validated previously with an English-speaking population. This study tested the construct and concurrent validity of a 17-item French version of the scale and explored its relations with psychological adjustment and with adaptation assessed two years later. In a sample of 157 women diagnosed with a first breast cancer, the French version was administered along with the Body Image Questionnaire, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Social Support Questionnaire, and the Ways of Coping Checklist. A factor analysis performed on scores identified the three original factors: internal causal attribution, control over the course of the illness, and religious control. Internal causal attribution was associated with high scores for state and trait anxiety, negative body image, emotion-focused coping, and problem-focused coping. Control over the course of the cancer was positively associated with scores on both problem- and emotion-focused coping. Religious control was negatively associated with perceived stress. Emotional adjustment and quality of life were assessed in 59 of the 157 breast cancer patients two years after diagnosis and original testing. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that internal causal attribution significantly predicted 38.1% of the variance in rated state anxiety. None of the dimensions of the Cancer Locus of Control Scale predicted the duration of survival measured two years later in 75 of the 157 patients.

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