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TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of disgust-related side-effects on symptoms of depression and anxiety in people treated for cancer
T2 - a moderated mediation model
AU - Powell, Philip
AU - Azlan, Haffiezhah A.
AU - Simpson, Jane
AU - Overton, Paul
N1 - The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-016-9731-0
PY - 2016/8
Y1 - 2016/8
N2 - As maladaptive disgust responses are linked to mental health problems, and cancer patients may experience heightened disgust as a result of treatments they receive, we explored the associations between disgust-related side-effects and symptoms of depression and anxiety in people treated for cancer. One hundred and thirty two (83 women, M age = 57.48 years) participants answered questions about their treatments, side-effects, disgust responding, and mental health. Experiencing bowel and/or bladder problems, sickness and/or nausea (referred to here as “core” disgust-related side-effects) was significantly related to greater symptoms of depression and borderline increased anxiety. Further, these links were explained by a moderated mediation model, whereby the effects of core disgust side-effects on depression and anxiety were mediated by (physical and behavioural) self-directed disgust, and disgust propensity moderated the effect of core disgust side-effects on self-disgust. These findings stress the importance of emotional responses, like disgust, in psychological adaptation to the side-effects of cancer treatments.
AB - As maladaptive disgust responses are linked to mental health problems, and cancer patients may experience heightened disgust as a result of treatments they receive, we explored the associations between disgust-related side-effects and symptoms of depression and anxiety in people treated for cancer. One hundred and thirty two (83 women, M age = 57.48 years) participants answered questions about their treatments, side-effects, disgust responding, and mental health. Experiencing bowel and/or bladder problems, sickness and/or nausea (referred to here as “core” disgust-related side-effects) was significantly related to greater symptoms of depression and borderline increased anxiety. Further, these links were explained by a moderated mediation model, whereby the effects of core disgust side-effects on depression and anxiety were mediated by (physical and behavioural) self-directed disgust, and disgust propensity moderated the effect of core disgust side-effects on self-disgust. These findings stress the importance of emotional responses, like disgust, in psychological adaptation to the side-effects of cancer treatments.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Cancer
KW - Depression
KW - Disgust
KW - Self-disgust
KW - Side-effects
U2 - 10.1007/s10865-016-9731-0
DO - 10.1007/s10865-016-9731-0
M3 - Journal article
VL - 39
SP - 560
EP - 573
JO - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
SN - 1573-3521
IS - 4
ER -