The association of perceived partner-related social support with self-reported outcomes in women post-mastectomy

J Health Psychol. 2008 Nov;13(8):1030-9. doi: 10.1177/1359105308097968.

Abstract

Marital satisfaction is an important indicator of adaptation in patients with cancer; however, its relationship to medium-to-long-term health-related outcomes is less well understood. Married women (N = 152) at least six months post-mastectomy were surveyed to determine whether marital satisfaction predicted non-weight-related body image distress (BID), pain impact, and mood, or whether the directionality of this association operated in reverse. Structural equation modeling indicated that the model predicting medium-to-long-term health-related outcomes from satisfaction better fit the data and that time influences mood.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Affect
  • Anxiety / psychology
  • Body Image
  • Female
  • Health Status*
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Mammaplasty / psychology
  • Marriage / psychology*
  • Mastectomy / psychology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Statistical
  • Pain, Postoperative / psychology
  • Social Support*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires