ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation in Cancer Patients: The Mediating Role of Social Support

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Clinical Science

  • Simeon Ugwu
    Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
  • Maria Chidi Onyedibe
    Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.

Abstract

The study investigated the role of social support(SS) as a mediator between mindfulness and emotion regulation(ER) in cancer patients. Participants were 330 cancer patients (male = 142; female = 188.The result indicated that mindfulness predicted ER and also, had an indirect association with ER via SS.

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