scholarly journals The role of coping in the relationship between stressful life events and quality of life in persons with cancer

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas V. Merluzzi ◽  
Andrea Chirico ◽  
Samantha Serpentini ◽  
Miao Yang ◽  
Errol J. Philip
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Quality of Life in Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraldy Martin-Gutierrez ◽  
Jan L. Wallander ◽  
Yuzhu (June) Yang ◽  
Sarah Depaoli ◽  
Marc N. Elliott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Racial Ethnic

scholarly journals The association between stressful life events and perceived quality of life among women attending infertility treatments: the moderating role of coping strategies and perceived couple’s dyadic adjustment

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Clelia Zurlo ◽  
Maria Francesca Cattaneo Della Volta ◽  
Federica Vallone
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Infertility Treatments

Abstract Background Research highlighted that Stressful Life Events have high incidence among infertile patients and significant impact on physical and medical parameters related to reproductive functions, but their potential role among factors influencing the infertile patients’ perception of fertility-related Quality of Life (QoL) has not been explored. The present study aims to investigate the associations of Stressful Life Events (Stressful events in the family of origin, In family pre-existing pregnancy difficulties, Health problems in childhood) with perceived fertility-related QoL in women attending infertility treatments, examining the potential moderating role of adopted coping strategies and perceived couple’s dyadic adjustment. Methods A questionnaire consisting of Socio-demographics and Infertility-related characteristics, Stress-inducing events in the couples’ lives Questionnaire (FLS), Coping Orientations to Problem Experienced (COPE), Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), and Core and Treatment subscales of Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) was administered to 266 women attending infertility treatments. A descriptive correlational design with cross-sectional comparison was used. Results Logistic Regression Analyses after adjusting for socio-demographic and infertility-related characteristics revealed that women who reported Stressful events in the family of origin and In family pre-existing pregnancy difficulties were more likely to report lower levels of perceived Core QoL, while women who reported Health problems in childhood were more likely to report lower levels of perceived Treatment QoL. Couple’s dyadic adjustment and specific coping strategies were significantly associated with perceived Core and Treatment QoL and they also significantly moderated the associations between stressful life events and perceived QoL. Conclusions Data provided original evidence on the strong association between stressful life events and perceived fertility-related QoL also highlighting individual and couples’ resources to define counselling interventions with women attending infertility treatments.

scholarly journals Is Atopy Related to Neuroticism, Stress, and Subjective Quality of Life?

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biserka Radošević-Vidaček ◽  
Adrijana Košćec ◽  
Marija Bakotić ◽  
Jelena Macan ◽  
Jasminka Bobić
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Skin Prick Test ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Positive Skin Prick Test ◽  
Subjective Quality Of Life ◽  
Positive Skin ◽  
Prick Test

Is Atopy Related to Neuroticism, Stress, and Subjective Quality of Life?Different psychosocial characteristics have been associated with allergic disorders. The aim of this study was to examine whether atopic constitution and reports of allergic symptoms were related to personality trait of neuroticism, exposure to stressful life events and estimates of quality of life. Atopy was determined by skin prick test and reports of nasal and pulmonary allergy-related symptoms. Actively working individuals of both genders took part in the study (n=145, age range: 20 to 66 years). The participants were divided in three groups. The first group was composed of those with negative skin prick test and without symptoms (n=57), the second of those with positive skin prick test but without symptoms (n=28), and the third of those with positive skin prick test and symptoms (n=60). The groups did not differ significantly in neuroticism, exposure to stressful life events, or quality of life. Women reported more pronounced neuroticism and anxiety, higher exposure to stressful life events, and were less satisfied with their environment than men. In our sample of active workers we found no association of neuroticism, exposure to stressful life events, and quality of life with atopy and allergic symptoms.

Linking dispositional mindfulness and positive psychological processes in cancer survivorship: A multivariate path analysis.

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (31_suppl) ◽  
pp. 237-237
Author(s):  
Anna Catherine Beck ◽  
Eric Garland ◽  
Paul Thielking ◽  
Shelley White
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Cancer Survivorship ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Dispositional Mindfulness

237 Background: Research indicates dispositional mindfulness is linked with positive psychological outcomes. This disposition, which is malleable through training, is characterized by the tendency exhibit nonjudgmental and nonreactive awareness of one’s thoughts, emotions, and present moment sensory-perceptual experience. Although this trait has been linked with salutary outcomes in the broader mental health literature, less is known about the trait of mindfulness in cancer survivors and how it may be linked with indices of psychological and physical health relevant to cancer survivorship. Methods: We conducted a multivariate path analysis of cross-sectional data from a heterogenous sample of cancer patients (N = 97) to test a conceptual model linking dispositional mindfulness with cancer-related quality of life via positive psychological processes. Results: We found that patients with higher levels of dispositional mindfulness were more likely to pay attention to positive experiences (β = 0.47), a propensity which was associated with positive reappraisal of stressful life events (β = 0.46). Patients who endorsed more frequent positive reappraisal had a greater sense of sense of meaning in life (β = 0.43) and savored rewarding or life affirming events (β = 0.45). In turn, those who engaged in high levels of savoring had better quality of life (β = 0.33) and suffered from less emotional distress (β = -0.54). Overall model fit was excellent, χ2/df= 1.18; CFI = 0.99; RMSEA = 0.04 (0.00, 0.12). Conclusions: The data support our hypothetical model of the processes by which mindfulness promotes psychological flourishing in the face of cancer. Dispositional mindfulness appears to broaden attention from a myopic focus on illness to encompass previously unattended positive features of the social and natural environment. With this broader set of information from which new, more adaptive situational appraisals may be generated, mindfulness may engender positive reappraisals of stressful life events and promote sense of meaning in life. When sustained over time, these processes may propel an upward spiral of positive cognition-emotion interactions with salutary consequences for cancer survivorship.

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