摘要：Background
Despite the abundance of clinical data available for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), little research on the psychological well-being of breast cancer survivors has been published. We investigate the extent to which self-compassion accounted for the association between psychological well-being (depression, anxiety) and death anxiety in breast cancer survivors.
Methods
A cross-sectional study design was applied. Participants were recruited from three departments of oncology in Zanjan, Iran. Data were collected from 210 breast cancer patients. Participants completed self-report measures. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to assess the relationship among the study variables. Bootstrapping analyses were used to test the significance of indirect effects.
Results
Correlational analyses revealed that depression and anxiety were significantly and positively related to death anxiety (
r = 0.77,
p < 0.01;
r = 0.85,
p < 0.01, respectively) and negatively to self-compassion (
r = − 0.48,
p < 0.01;
r = − 0.53,
p < 0.01, respectively). Bootstrapping analyses revealed significant indirect effects of depression (
β = 0.065,
SE = 0.35,
p < 0.03, 95%
CI [
LL = − 0.0083,
UL: − 0.1654
关键词：Psychological well-being; Death anxiety; Breast cancer; Self-compassion; COVID-19
