The relationship between big five personality traits, Coping styles and Social support with Depression in woman under follow-up for breast cancer

The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between coping style strategies, big five personality traits, and social support perception and depression among women with breast cancer.
In the present correlational study, 175 women with breast cancer were selected using convenient sampling. The participants completed the perception social support questionnaires (1998), Beck depression inventory (1998), coping with stressfully situation inventory (coping style) (2002), and Big five personality trait scale (1992).
Findings of the correlation indicated that neuroticism had a positive relationship with depression (P=0/01). There was also a significant negative relationship between openness to experience, agreeableness (P=0/01), and extraversion (P=0/05) depression. In addition, no statistically significant relationship was observed between consciousness and depression (P=0/05). Moreover, there was a negative and significant relationship between social support and problem-oriented coping style and depression (P=0/05). Furthermore, a significant and positive relationship was observed between problem-solving coping style and avoidance and depression.
Based on the findings of the present study, women with more severe neuropathic breast cancer who are more likely to use emotion-focused problem solving styles experience mood symptoms more severely.