IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/soinre/v119y2014i2p791-801.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Does Perceived Social Support Buffer the Negative Effects of Type C Personality on Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients?

Author

Listed:
  • Özlem Bozo
  • Ece Tathan
  • Tuğba Yılmaz

Abstract

The present study investigated possible Type C personality–quality of life (QOL) relationship, and the moderating role of perceived social support in this relation among 101 postoperative breast cancer patients. Participants were from different cities in Turkey but receiving treatment in the capital, Ankara. Obtained data were analyzed by moderated regression analysis. According to the results, Type C personality was not related to the QOL of participants, however, higher perceived social support was associated with better QOL in patients. Also, perceived social support moderated Type C personality–QOL relation. Accordingly, patients high on Type C personality and perceived social support had the highest QOL. In contrast, patients high on Type C personality and low on perceived social support had the lowest QOL. Findings, as well as the strengths and limitations of the study, were discussed in the light of the relevant literature. As a possible clinical implication, enhancement of social support networks of the patients were suggested. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Suggested Citation

  • Özlem Bozo & Ece Tathan & Tuğba Yılmaz, 2014. "Does Perceived Social Support Buffer the Negative Effects of Type C Personality on Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 119(2), pages 791-801, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:119:y:2014:i:2:p:791-801
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0503-8
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s11205-013-0503-8
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s11205-013-0503-8?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Bloom, Joan R. & Stewart, Susan L. & Johnston, Monica & Banks, Priscilla & Fobair, Patricia, 2001. "Sources of support and the physical and mental well-being of young women with breast cancer," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 53(11), pages 1513-1524, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. M. Victoria Cerezo & María J. Blanca & Marta Ferragut, 2020. "Personality Profiles and Psychological Adjustment in Breast Cancer Patients," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(24), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Wentao Ji & Chao Sang & Xiaoting Zhang & Keming Zhu & Lulong Bo, 2022. "Personality, Preoperative Anxiety, and Postoperative Outcomes: A Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-15, September.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Xing Zhou & Lele Fan & Cong Cheng & Yancheng Fan, 2021. "When and Why Do Good People Not Do Good Deeds? Third-Party Observers’ Unfavorable Reactions to Negative Workplace Gossip," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 171(3), pages 599-617, July.
    2. Yasemin Yildirim & Seher Kocabiyik, 2010. "The relationship between social support and loneliness in Turkish patients with cancer," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(5‐6), pages 832-839, March.
    3. Sukriye Ilkay Guner & Sukran Sevimli & Bahattin Bulduk & Hakan Orakci, 2014. "Perceived Social Support Levels Among Medical Staff Working at the Medical Faculty Hospital of Van Following the 2011 Van-Turkey Earthquake," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 23(2), pages 119-131, April.
    4. Lin, Xiaolin & Kishore, Rajiv, 2021. "Social media-enabled healthcare: A conceptual model of social media affordances, online social support, and health behaviors and outcomes," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:119:y:2014:i:2:p:791-801. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.