The Relationship Between Psychological Hardiness and Social Support in Women With Breast Cancer

Abstract

Psychological hardiness and social support are two necessary health-elevating factors that strengthen individuals to remain both psychologically and physically healthy despite encountering negative life events. Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the relationship between psychological hardiness and social support in women with breast cancer. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 110 women with breast cancer in the Shafa Hospital of Ahvaz, Iran in 2018-2019. The personal/demographic/illness questionnaire, Kobasa Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were research tools. Data were analyzed by the one-sample t-test, analysis of variance, and Pearson correlation at a significance level of P<0.05. Results: There was a significant positive correlation between perceived social support and psychological hardiness (r=0.045; P<0.05) and perceived social support and commitment (r=0.469; P<0.05). Also, there was a positive and significant correlation between perceived social support and control (r=0.429; P<0.05) and perceived social support and challenging (r=0.266; P<0.05). Conclusion: The results showed that psychological hardiness and social supports have a significant relationship; therefore, healthcare providers can use these personality attributes in their care plans for better coping strategies. Perceived social support and psychological hardness can be effective in progressing the patients' health and should be considered as effective moderating factors in their therapy process.

The Role of Social Support and Hardiness on Academic Stress Among Final-Year College Students During COVID-19 Pandemic

“…[15] Individuals with strong hardiness personalities are more likely to adopt adaptive coping approaches and engage in fewer maladaptive coping strategies compared to those with weaker hardiness personalities. [16] The explanation above is in line with the views of Segun-Martin and Dennis, [17] who suggest that social support and hardiness personality traits share a similar connection in terms of the mechanisms of stress tolerance. However, the relationship between these two variables may not necessarily have the same impact on academic stress as it did before the pandemic compared to during and after the pandemic.…”

Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Psychological Hardiness, Social Isolation and Loneliness of Women with Breast Cancer

“…The overall score is calculated by summing the numbers of the selected items, which is inverted by the number related to the positive tone sentences (5,6,9,10,15,16,19,20). The questionnaire has three subscales including loneliness due to family relationships (2,4,9,12,16,18,20), communication with friends (1,3,5,10,11,15,19), and emotional sign questions (6,7,8,13,14,17). The reliability of the social isolation questionnaire has been confirmed previously (33).…”

“…A high level of hardiness may improve tolerance to unpleasant events. The coping capacity of these people accounts for their resistance to illness, which may stem from understanding life changes as less stressful events or from having less stress tolerance (8). Hardiness has a positive relationship with greater hope (9) and is associated with using the problem-oriented comparative strategies (10).…”

“…The name ACT is derived from its original message, namely accepting that you can't control everything and committing to taking actions that enrich your life (25). Many studies in Iran have examined psychological hardiness and its relationship with quality of life (7), social support (8), hope for the future (9), and optimism (11) in women with breast cancer; however, no research has examined psychological hardiness, social isolation, and loneliness from an ACT perspective. Thus, the objective of the present study was to determine effectiveness of ACT in reducing depression, increasing pain acceptance, and improving psychological flexibility in a population of Iranian women with breast cancer.…”

Academic Hardiness sebagai Mediator untuk Pengaruh Dukungan Sosial terhadap Academic Distress pada Mahasiswa Magister Psikologi Profesi

“…, Susanto & Kiswantomo, (2020),Jalali & Rahimi (2019),Sabela, dkk (2014),Afina & Eryani (2018),Maharani & Halimah, (2014) menunjukkan bahwa dukungan sosial, baik dari keluarga maupun dari teman sebaya, berkorelasi positif dengan hardiness. Dengan demikian, tujuan penelitian ini untuk melihat pengaruh dukungan sosial terhadap academic distress melalui academic hardiness pada mahasiswa magister psikologi profesi.Berdasarkan uraian di atas, maka peneliti mengajukan hipotesis sebagai berikut: (1) HI: Dukungan sosial berkorelasi negatif terhadap academic distress.…”