Self-Esteem as a Predictor of Mental Adjustment in Patients with Breast Cancer

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 23; p. 12588
• Main Authors: Tsai, Pei-Ling, Kuo, Ting-Ting, Ku, Chih-Hung, Liao, Guo-Shiou, Lin, Chi-Kang, Pan, Hsueh-Hsing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.11.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Adjustment; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms; Cancer therapies; Chemotherapy; Confidence intervals; Coping; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographics; Female; Health care facilities; Humans; Mental depression; Modelling; Patients; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Religion; Secondary schools; Self Concept; Self esteem; Statistical analysis; Surveys and Questionnaires; Womens health; Taiwan; self-respect; mental adjustment; self-esteem; breast cancer; psychological adjustment; self-regard

This study aimed to explore the relationship between self-esteem and mental adjustment and examine the directional effects in patients with breast cancer using path modeling. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study. A total of 128 patients with breast cancer were selected th...