Relationships for Women with Breast Cancer Among Extraversion and Neuroticism Personality, Stress, Demoralization, Sleep Disturbance, and Psychological Well-Being: A Structural Equation Model.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

According to the personality five-factor theory (FFT), this study explored a structural equation model for women with breast cancer involving variables, including extraversion and neuroticism, post-breast-cancer stress, demoralization, sleep disturbances, and psychological well-being (PWB).

Methods

A total of 351 women with breast cancer were recruited from mid-Taiwan for the cross-sectional questionnaire survey.

Results

In this model, extraversion had direct effects on demoralization (-0.21), sleep disturbances (-0.16), and PWB (0.36); neuroticism had direct effects on post-breast-cancer stress (0.28), demoralization (0.12), and sleep disturbances (0.19); post-breast-cancer stress had direct effects on demoralization (0.71) and PWB (0.38); demoralization h

SUBMITTER: Yeh MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11816334 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature