Azlan, H., Overton, P.G., Simpson, J. et al. (1 more author) (2017) Effect of partners’ disgust responses on psychological wellbeing in cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 24 (3-4). pp. 355-364. ISSN 1068-9583
Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore quantitatively the relationship between disgust responses in cancer patients and their partners, and in turn their relationship to patients’ psychological well-being. We recruited 50 participants with heterogeneous cancer diagnoses and their partners from cancer-related groups (e.g., charities). Patients completed questionnaires to determine levels of disgust propensity, disgust sensitivity, self-disgust, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Disgust propensity and sensitivity were also assessed in their partners. Partners’ disgust sensitivity was significantly positively correlated with cancer patients’ self-disgust, disgust propensity, and depression. Path analyses suggested that patients’ self-disgust plays a role in mediating the effect of partners’ disgust sensitivity on patients’ psychological well-being. This study provides the first quantitative evidence that psychological well-being in cancer patients is contingent on their partners’ sensitivity to disgust, and that patients’ self-disgust plays a mediating role. Focusing therapeutically on disgust responses could well be beneficial to people with cancer.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2017. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Disgust propensity; disgust sensitivity; depression; anxiety; self-disgust |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2017 12:19 |
Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-017-9521-z |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10880-017-9521-z |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123638 |