Testing psychosocial mediators of a mind-body resiliency intervention for cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Group-based mind-body interventions such as the Stress Management and Resiliency Training-Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (SMART-3RP) hold promise for enhancing resiliency among cancer survivors. Mechanisms underlying improvements in psychological outcomes are theoretically established but remain unexamined empirically.

Methods

Adult cancer survivors (n = 105) participating in the SMART-3RP completed surveys of resiliency and five hypothesized mediators: coping (ability to relax physical tension and assertive social support-seeking), mindfulness, positive affect, and worry. Pre-post intervention changes were assessed using repeated-measures t-tests. Bivariate correlations between change scores and a more conservative within-person parallel mediation model test

SUBMITTER: Finkelstein-Fox L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8986336 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature