Difficulties in emotion regulation and well-being in breast cancer

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Table 1. Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Sample (N = 95).

Variables	n	(%)	Min–Max	M	(SD)
Gender	95	(100%)
Men	0	(0%)
Women	95	(100%)
Age			32–75	53.11	(9.48)
Marital status	95	(100%)
Single	6	(6.32%)
Married	70	(73.68%)
Partnered	5	(5.26%)
Divorced/Separated	10	(10.53%)
Widowed	4	(4.21%)
Years of schooling			3–22	10.83	(5.14)
Education level	95	(100%)
Less than Grade 4	5	(5.26%)
Grade 4	13	(13.68%)
Grade 6	14	(14.74%)
Grade 9	11	(11.58%)
High School	23	(24.21%)
College – Bachelor’s degree	24	(25.26%)
College – Master’s degree	5	(5.26%)

Table 2. Results of the DERS (Minimum, Maximum, Mean, and Standard Deviation), t Values for the Comparison to the Reference Values of the Sample of Healthy Women (Machado Vaz, 2018), and Statistical Significance (N = 95).

Instrument	Min –	Max	M (SD)		M (SD) reference values		Comparison to the reference values
							t	df	p	d
DERS
Strategies (8-40)	8 –	35	15.47	(6.13)	15.73	(5.64)	−0.41	94	.684	−0.04
Nonacceptance (6-30)	6 –	30	13.97	(6.12)	13.91	(5.35)	0.09	94	.926	0.01
Awareness (6-30)	6 –	26	14.37	(4.91)	16.54	(4.52)	−4.31	94	< .001	−0.44
Impulse (6-30)	6 –	29	12.73	(5.65)	15.12	(5.09)	−4.13	94	< .001	−0.42
Goals (5-25)	5 –	23	12.99	(4.86)	13.43	(3.61)	−0.88	94	.380	−0.09
Clarity (5-25)	5 –	23	9.49	(3.55)	11.44	(3.36)	−5.34	94	< .001	−0.55
Total (36-180)	41 –	130	79.02	(20.84)	86.01	(19.32)	−3.27	94	.002	−0.34
Strategies mean (1-5)	1 –	4.38	1.93	(0.77)
Nonacceptance mean (1-5)	1 –	5	2.33	(1.02)
Awareness mean (1-5)	1 –	4.33	2.39	(0.82)
Impulse mean (1-5)	1 –	4.83	2.12	(0.94)
Goals mean (1-5)	1 –	4.60	2.60	(0.97)
Clarity mean (1-5)	1 –	4.60	1.90	(0.71)
Total mean (1-5)	1.15 –	3.57	2.21	(0.57)

Table 3. Results of the FACT-G (Minimum, Maximum, Mean, and Standard Deviation), t Values for the Comparison to Reference Values of the Sample of Women With Cancer (Brucker et al., 2005), and Statistical Significance (N = 95).

Instrument	Min -	Max	M (SD)		M (SD) reference values			Comparison to reference values
							t	df	p	d
FACT-G
Physical Well-Being (0-28)	0 –	28	19.62	(6.15)	21.6	(5.8)	−3.14	94	.002	−0.23
Social Well-Being (0-28)	10 –	28	23.06	(4.40)	22.3	(5.3)	1.69	94	.094	0.02
Emotional Well-Being (0-24)	3 –	24	17.09	(4.57)	18.7	(4.5)	−3.43	94	.001	−0.35
Functional Well-Being (0-28)	5 –	28	19.22	(5.53)	19.5	(6.6)	−0.49	94	.622	−0.05
Total (0-108)	32 –	108	78.99	(16.29)	82.1	(16.3)	−1.86	94	.066	−0.19

Table 4. Pearson correlations between difficulties in emotion regulation and well-being.

	Physical Well-Being	Social/ Familiar Well-Being	Emotional Well-Being	Functional Well-Being	General Well-Being
Strategies	−.29**	−.31**	−.50**	−.33**	−.45**
Nonacceptance	−.31**	−.12	−.24*	−.08	−.24*
Awareness	−.06	−.01	−.10	−.06	−.03
Impulse	−.22*	−.07	−.29**	−.13	−.23*
Goals	−.29**	−.19	−.29**	−.19	−.30**
Clarity	−.11	−.17	−.45**	−.34**	−.33**
Global difficulties in emotion regulation	−.30**	−.22*	−.46**	−.27**	−.40**

*p < .05. **p < .01.

Table 5. Prediction model of emotional well-being.

Variables	B	β	t	p	Part Correlations	Part Correlations^2
Strategies		−.40	−4.54	.023	−.382	.146
Clarity		−.32	−3.66	.025	−.309	.095
R	.59
R^2	.35

Table 6. Prediction model of general well-being.

Variables	B	β	t	p	Part Correlations	Part Correlations^2
Strategies		−.32	−2.31	.023	−.210	.044
Goals		−.08	−0.60	.552	−.055	.003
Clarity		−.23	−2.28	.025	−.208	.043
R	.49
R^2	.24

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Data availability

Data from the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.