Relationships between dyadic coping, intimate relationship and post‐traumatic growth in patients with breast cancer: A cross‐sectional study

摘要

Abstract Aim To investigate the relationships and pathways between dyadic coping, intimate?relationship and post‐traumatic growth (PTG) in Chinese patients with breast cancer. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods Between November 2019 and November 2020, 133 patients with breast cancer who received therapy in tertiary grade‐A hospitals at Dalian, China completed questionnaires including demographic and clinical questionnaires, Locke–Wallace Marriage Adjustment Test, Chinese version of the Dyadic Coping Inventory and Chinese version of the Post‐traumatic Growth Inventory. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the pathways. Results Dyadic coping was positively interrelated with PTG and intimate relationship (r?=?.355, p?