The association between psychological functioning and social support and social constraint after cancer diagnosis: a 30-day daily diary study

Jessica N. Rivera-Rivera; Christal L. Badour; Jessica L. Burris

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The association between psychological functioning and social support and social constraint after cancer diagnosis: a 30-day daily diary study

Jessica N. Rivera-Rivera, Christal L. Badour, Jessica L. Burris

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Abstract

This study evaluated one positive and one negative aspect of social functioning (social support and social constraint, respectively) to increase understanding of its relation to psychological functioning (distress and wellbeing) after cancer diagnosis. Participants in this longitudinal study were recently diagnosed, predominately late stage, first primary cancer survivors (n = 48). Data collection involved a 30-day period of daily assessment. Data were analyzed using multilevel linear models. As in prior studies, none of the variables changed significantly over time (ps =.07 to.99). Based on the intraclass correlation coefficient, 51 to 75% of the variance in the daily assessment data are attributable to between-person differences. There was a positive relationship between social constraint and both general and cancer-specific distress (ps <.05) and between social support and cancer-specific wellbeing (ps <.001). In prospective models, higher than average general distress predicted higher social support the next day (p =.004) and higher than average cancer-specific wellbeing predicted more social constraint the next day (p =.01). The findings lend some support to the interdependence of social functioning and psychological functioning after cancer diagnosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	355-367
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-021-00200-6
State	Published - Jun 2021

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Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of Caitlin Dunworth, MPH and Joan Kahl, MS who helped with study coordination as well as Joseph Valentino, MD and Rachel Miller, MD who served as clinic champions. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers K07 CA181351 and the Shared Research Facilities of P30 CA177558, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number UL1 TR001998. The content of this publication is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature.

Keywords

Cancer
Daily diary
Distress
Social constraint
Social support
Wellbeing

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Psychology (all)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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The association between psychological functioning and social support and social constraint after cancer diagnosis: a 30-day daily diary study

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