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Relations of Mindfulness and Illness Acceptance With Psychosocial Functioning in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer and Caregivers

Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To examine relationships in mindfulness and illness acceptance and psychosocial functioning in patients with metastatic breast cancer and their family caregivers. SAMPLE & SETTING: 33 dyads from an academic cancer center in the United States. METHODS & VARIABLES: Participants completed questionnaires on mindfulness, illness acceptance, relationship quality, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Dyadic, cross-sectional data were analyzed using actor-partner interdependence models. RESULTS: Greater nonjudging, acting with awareness, and illness acceptance among caregivers were associated with patients' and caregivers' perceptions of better relationship quality. Higher levels of these processes were associated with reduced anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients and caregivers. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Aspects of mindfulness and illness acceptance in dyads confer benefits that are primarily intrapersonal in nature. Nurses may consider introducing mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions to patients and caregivers with adjustment difficulties.
DOI: 10.1188/20.onf.739-752
Authors: Kelly Chinh, Ekin Secinti, Shelley Johns, Adam Hirsh, Kathy Miller, Bryan Schneider, Anna Maria Storniolo, Lida Mina, Erin Newton, Victoria Champion, Catherine Mosher
Institutions: Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana University, Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3092720409
FWCI: 0.554
Cites: 64
Cited by: 17
Related to: 10