The Structural Model of the Role of Cognitive Coping Strategies in Relation to Psychological Hardiness with Hope in Women with Breast Cancer

Cancer is a threat to the health of human and not only has physical influences but vigorous psychological impacts on individuals. The aim of the present study was to investigate the Psychological Hardiness with hope of cognitive coping strategies in female patients suffering from breast cancer.

The method of present research is descriptivecorrelation and the statistic population was 540 female patients, chosen from all cancer patients of the oncology ward of Shahid Bahonar Hospital of Kerman, who were selected by available sampling method. Participants filled out the questionnaires of Psychological Hardiness (Ahvaz), Hope (Miller), Pain coping strategies (Rosenstile and Keef) in this research. The model was analyzed by AMOS-24 software. The main principal of data analysis was predicated on structural equations and confirmatory factor analysis.

The findings of this study revealed that the direct influence of two variables of cognitive coping strategies and Psychological Hardiness was 0.78, for hope and Psychological Hardiness was 0.41 and for hope against cognitive coping strategies was 0.55 and to show the indirect effect, Bias-corrected percentile method test was utilized. And the test became statistically significant (P-Value<0.05). Ethical Considerations: The informed consent of the participants was obtained and it was assured about the confidentiality of information.

Based on the findings of this study, cognitive coping strategies, as mediating variable, can advance the impact of Psychological Hardiness on the hope of patients suffering from cancer.