Gender role conflict, emotional approach coping, self-compassion, and distress in prostate cancer patients: A model of direct and moderating effects

Psycho-oncology
Jennifer LennonLouise Kinsella

Abstract

Gender role conflict or the negative consequences of male socialization may compromise men's adjustment to prostate cancer by shaping how patients perceive and cope with their illness. Given mixed findings regarding how gender role conflict interacts with emotional approach coping to regulate distress in prostate cancer patients, the present study examined the effects of emotional approach coping, when considered alongside self-compassion, the ability to be kind and understanding of oneself. Ninety-two prostate cancer patients completed questionnaires measuring gender role conflict, emotional approach coping, self-compassion, and distress. A moderated mediation model was tested, where emotional approach coping mediated the path between gender role conflict and distress and self-compassion moderated paths between (1) gender role conflict and emotional approach coping, and (2) gender role conflict and distress. Results partially supported this model with all study variables predicting distress in the expected directions. Emotional approach coping did not mediate associations between gender role conflict and distress; however, self-compassion did moderate the pathway between these variables. Results indicated that higher levels of...Continue Reading

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