The Relationship between Resilience and Mindfulness with Emotional Well-Being with the Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation in Cancer Patients

Cancer affects various aspects of a patient's quality of life, including mental, psychological, social, and economic status. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between mindfulness and resilience with emotional well-being due to the role of emotion regulation in cancer patients.

The method of this research is descriptive and the correlational research design is structural equation modeling. The statistical population in this study includes cancer patients in 1399 who were selected by purposive sampling. The sample consisted of 200 (male and female) cancer patients in hospitals in Tehran. To collect data from the Freiburg Sawer et al.'s (2011) Short Form of Mindfulness, Wagnild & Young (2009) Resilience Scale, the Gross and John Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2002), and the emotional Well-Being Scale of Keys & Magyarmo (2003) was used. Bootstrap method was used to analyze the intermediate.

The results showed that mindfulness and resilience have a direct and significant effect on emotional well-being. Also, the direct effect of mindfulness and resilience on emotion regulation was significant. the mediating role of emotion regulation in the relationship between mindfulness and resilience with emotional well-being was not significant.

The results of the research have implications for health professionals and psychologists and it can be concluded that mindfulness and resilience have a direct effect on the emotional well-being of cancer patients.