How social support influences learned helplessness in lung cancer patients: the chain mediation role of individual resilience and self-efficacy.

Background

Social support, which is a crucial external resource for cancer patients, was demonstrated to be a positive predictor of learned helplessness (LH). But it is far from clear whether and how social support decreases the LH in cancer patients. The purpose of present study is to detect the association between social support and LH and the role of individual resilience and self-efficacy in mediating this relationship.

Methods

The convenience sampling method was utilized. From August 2022 to February 2024, a total of 537 lung cancer patients (

Results

A total of 537 lung cancer patients were finally included. Social support, individual resilience, and self-efficacy were positively related to LH (

Conclusion

The results indicate that social support alleviates lung cancer patients' LH, and that individual resilience and self-efficacy mediate the correlation between social support and LH. Besides providing adequate social support, intervention strategies built on individual resilience and self-efficacy should be applied to reduce LH in lung cancer patients.

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Copyright © 2024 Huang, Shi, Chen, Tang and Zhang.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.