Spiritual Well-Being, Social Support, and Depression Among American Indian Women Cancer Survivors: The Mediating Effect of Perceived Quality of Life. Issue 1 (January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hsieh, Yi-Ping; Roh, Soonhee; Lee, Yeon-Shim
• Is Part Of: Families in society. Volume 101:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 83
• Page End: 94
• Publication Date: 2020-01
• Subjects: quality of life -- social support -- spiritual well-being -- depression -- American Indian women -- cancer survivors; Social service -- Periodicals; Social case work -- Periodicals; Family social work -- Periodicals; Social service -- United States -- Periodicals; Family social work; Social case work; Social service; United States; Periodicals; 362.82097305
• DOI: 10.1177/1044389419853113
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1044-3894

Abstract

This study aims to examine the mediating effect of quality of life on associations between both spiritual well-being and social support and depression among American Indian (AI) women cancer survivors. We collected cross-sectional data from AI women in the Midwest who were cancer survivors ( n = 73) with a self-administered survey. We employed a series of linear regression to examine the mediation model. We found spiritual well-being and social support were negatively associated with depression. These results indicate the importance of spiritual well-being and social support as protective and resilient factors in reducing the risk of depression. Moreover, these associations were fully mediated by the women's self-perception of their quality of life. Considering cultural-specific resilience, our findings would be useful for the design, adjustment, and implementation of future psychotherapeutic protocols for AI cancer survivors.