Psychological well-being and anxiety among relatives of Mexican cancer patients: Two models

The psychopathological model of mental health emphasizes dimensions such as depression and anxiety. The dual model however includes positive traits such as optimism and self-esteem. The current study compared both models to show which one better predicts psychological wellbeing as well as anxiety. T...

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Prif Awduron: García Cadena, Cirilo Humberto, Díaz, Héctor, Téllez López , Arnoldo, Fuensanta López , Rosales, Castro Saucedo , Laura, García García , Enrique
Fformat: Online
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Cyhoeddwyd: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2020
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://revistapcc.uat.edu.mx/index.php/RPC/article/view/366
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Crynodeb:The psychopathological model of mental health emphasizes dimensions such as depression and anxiety. The dual model however includes positive traits such as optimism and self-esteem. The current study compared both models to show which one better predicts psychological wellbeing as well as anxiety. The procedure utilized in this study included calculating a mental health index that combined optimism, self-esteem, depression and perceived stress scores. The sample for convenien-ce consisted of 350 relatives of cancer patients. Their mean age was M = 39.87 years, SD = 14.87. Structural equation modeling was used to measure the effects of mental health over psychological well-being and anxiety. Findings reveal that both models produce similar size effects (> 0.26) of the explained variances. The dual model however has a greater capacity to predict psychological well-being (.65 versus .44) and anxiety (.46 versus .38). Finally, the article discusses implications of the dual model for diagnosis, interpretation and interven-tion.