MODELING WOMEN'S PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT TO CANCER BASED ON THE CAUSAL EFFECT OF EARLY MALADAPTIVE SCHEMAS BY CONSIDERING THE ROLE OF CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION STYLES AS A MEDIATING VARIABLE

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Background & Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the direct effect of early maladaptive schemas and the direct effect of causal attribution styles on psychological Adjustment to cancer. Materials & Methods: The study type is structural equation (SEM) and was conducted on a sample of 400 women with cancer in Urmia using the Questionnaires of Young Schema (SF-YSQ), attributional Style (ASQ) and Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-Mac). PLS software was used for data analysis. Results: There is a significant direct relationship between the areas of early maladaptive schemas and causal attribution styles with the path coefficient of 0.617 (P 001). Also, there is a significant direct relationship between the areas of early maladaptive schemas and psychological adaptation to cancer with a path coefficient of 0.496, an indirect relationship with a path coefficient of 0.079 and a total effect of 0.575 (P 001). There is a significant direct relationship between causal attribution styles and psychological adaptation to cancer with a path coefficient of 0.20 (P 001). In the Q 2 index, the value of Red CV obtained for the variable of causal attribution styles is equal to 0.252 and the variable of psychological compatibility with cancer is equal to 0.204. Conclusion : The exogenous variable of early maladaptive schema areas has a direct effect on the endogenous variable of causal attribution styles and a direct and indirect effect through the variable of causal attribution styles on the endogenous variable of psychological Adjustment to cancer. The endogenous variable of causal attribution styles also has a direct effect on the variable of psychological Adjustment to cancer. The general conclusion is that the model has the ability to predict and fit and is well made.