TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality Traits and Health-Related Quality of Life among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients
T2 - The Role of Psychological Distress
AU - Husson, Olga
AU - Zebrack, Bradley
AU - Block, Rebecca
AU - Embry, Leanne
AU - Aguilar, Christine
AU - Hayes-Lattin, Brandon
AU - Cole, Steve
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Personality may affect the way adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer report health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Patients aged 15-39 years (n = 165) completed a survey at 12-16 months postdiagnosis. The survey included questions on HRQoL (SF-36), distress Brief Symptom Inventory-18, and personality (NEO-Five-Factor Inventory). Personality traits were not associated with physical HRQoL. The personality trait neuroticism was negatively associated with mental HRQoL (β = -0.37; p < 0.001) and positively with psychological distress (β = 0.47; p < 0.001). Hierarchical regression and mediation analyses indicated that psychological distress fully mediated the association between neuroticism and mental HRQoL. Findings emphasize the importance of psychosocial intervention for distress in AYAs with cancer.
AB - Personality may affect the way adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer report health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Patients aged 15-39 years (n = 165) completed a survey at 12-16 months postdiagnosis. The survey included questions on HRQoL (SF-36), distress Brief Symptom Inventory-18, and personality (NEO-Five-Factor Inventory). Personality traits were not associated with physical HRQoL. The personality trait neuroticism was negatively associated with mental HRQoL (β = -0.37; p < 0.001) and positively with psychological distress (β = 0.47; p < 0.001). Hierarchical regression and mediation analyses indicated that psychological distress fully mediated the association between neuroticism and mental HRQoL. Findings emphasize the importance of psychosocial intervention for distress in AYAs with cancer.
KW - health-related quality of life
KW - neuroticism
KW - Personality
KW - psychological distress
KW - survivorship
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U2 - 10.1089/jayao.2016.0083
DO - 10.1089/jayao.2016.0083
M3 - Article
C2 - 28072554
AN - SCOPUS:85020463117
SN - 2156-5333
VL - 6
SP - 358
EP - 362
JO - Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
JF - Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
IS - 2
ER -