The importance of emotional intelligence and meaning in life in psycho‐oncology

Teques, Andreia Pereira; Carrera, Glória Bueno; Pais-Ribeiro, José; Teques, Pedro; Ramón, Ginés Llorca

doi:10.1002/pon.3921

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“…For patients facing cancer, EC used in daily life has been associated with fewer anxiety and depression symptoms and unmet supportive care needs as well as better social support and life satisfaction . Intrapersonal EC has been reported as having stronger correlations with anxiety and depression than interpersonal EC .…”

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“…10,12,13 For patients facing cancer, EC used in daily life has been associated with fewer anxiety and depression symptoms 14,15 and unmet supportive care needs 14 as well as better social support 15 and life satisfaction. 16 Intrapersonal EC has been reported as having stronger correlations with anxiety and depression than interpersonal EC. 14 Thus, EC could be a good predictor of the anxiety and depression symptoms of patients with esogastric cancer after surgery as well as of their HRQoL.…”

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“…[17][18][19] In fact, cancer patients with better EC show a better perception of and satisfaction with the information and care they have received or with their lives. 14,16 Second, EC enables better coping and emotion regulation strategies, resulting in better health behaviors, better social support, and less emotional distress. 14,15,20 This, in turn, facilitates a better quality of life and fewer unmet supportive care needs.…”

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The role of trait emotional intelligence in quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms after surgery for esophageal or gastric cancer: A French national database FREGAT

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Objective The main objective was to test the indirect effects of emotional competence (EC) after diagnosis (T1) on the health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) after surgery (T2) of esogastric cancer patients via fewer anxiety and depression symptoms (T2). Methods Data were collected from 30 French centers via the clinicobiological database French EsoGastric Tumors (FREGAT). Two hundred and twenty‐eight participants completed a self‐reported questionnaire at T1 and T2, assessing their EC (Profile of Emotional Competence (PEC)), HRQoL (EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire‐Core (QLQ‐C30)), and anxiety and depression symptoms (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)). Regression analyses were used to test the direct effects of intrapersonal and interpersonal EC on their anxiety/depression symptoms and HRQoL at T1 and T2. The PROCESS Macro in SPPS v.22 with bootstrap methods was used to test the indirect effects of intrapersonal and interpersonal EC at T1 on HRQoL at T2 via anxiety and depression symptoms. Results EC predicted fewer anxiety and depression symptoms of patients at T1 and T2 and better HRQoL at T1. EC at T1 also predicted a better HRQoL at T2 via fewer anxiety and depression symptoms at T2. Conclusions Patients who tended to use their EC in daily life could be more effective in regulating the emotional impact of the cancer diagnosis and surgery. This explains why they reported fewer anxiety and depression symptoms, which in turn enabled a better perceived HRQoL after surgery. Therefore, reinforcing the use of patients' EC in daily life following their diagnosis could decrease their emotional distress and, in this way, improve their HRQoL in the preoperative and postoperative stages.

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“…EC affects people's health or adaptation to illness via several processes such as better health behaviors, fewer anxiety and depression symptoms, and better social support [7,12,13]. However, women tend to report better EC than men [1] and EC could have different effects in a stressful situation such as when facing disease [14].…”

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“…Especially in the cancer context, EC is related to fewer anxiety and depression symptoms [5,[7][8][9], fewer unmet supportive care needs [7] as well as a stronger internal locus of control [15,16], better social support [8], better quality of life [17], and life satisfaction [14]. Therefore, it is important to consider EC as a personal resource in cancer adaptation, in clinical practice and research.…”

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The Profile of Emotional Competence (PEC): A French short version for cancer patients

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Background Intrapersonal and interpersonal Emotional Competence (EC) predicts better health and disease adjustment. This study aimed to validate a short version of the Profile of Emotional Competence (PEC) scale for cancer patients. Methods Five hundred and thirty-five patients with cancer completed a self-reported questionnaire assessing their intra-and interpersonal EC (PEC), their anxiety and depression symptoms (HADS), and their health-related quality of life (QLQ-C30). Confirmatory factor analyses and Item Response Theory models with the Partial Credit Model were performed to validate and reduce the scale. Findings The Short-PEC (13 items), composed of 2 sub-scores of intra-(6 items) and interpersonal (7 items) EC, showed an improved factorial structure (Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.075 (90% confidence interval 0.066-0.085), comparative fit index = 0.915) with good psychometric properties. Discussion Future studies should use the Short-PEC to explain and predict the adjustment of cancer patients. The short-PEC could be also used in clinical routine to assess the level of EC of patients and to adapt psychosocial intervention.

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Adjustment of young women with breast cancer after chemotherapy: A mediation model of emotional competence via emotional distress

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Objective Emotional competence (EC) is considered a substantial resource in the adjustment of cancer patients, especially via its effect on anxiety and depression symptoms. This research aimed at assessing the impact of intrapersonal EC in young women (≤45 years) with breast cancer (YWBC) on their specific quality of life (i.e. subjective experience related to daily difficulties and perceived repercussions of the disease and treatments) related to chemotherapy, via anxiety and depression symptoms. Methods Two hundred fifty YWBC from 24 French centers completed a self‐reported questionnaire after diagnosis (T1) and after the chemotherapy phase (T2), comprising the Young Women Breast Cancer Inventory, the Profile of EC and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The indirect effect of EC (T1) on subjective experience (T2) via anxiety and depression symptoms (T2) was tested using regressions and the Macro PROCESS. Results Emotional competence predicted fewer anxiety and depression symptoms at T1 and T2, and a better subjective experience at T2 via fewer anxiety and depression symptoms. Depression symptoms appeared to be a stronger mediator than anxiety symptoms on four dimensions (Support from close relatives, feeling of couple cohesion, body image and sexuality, management of children and everyday life), whereas anxiety symptoms appeared to be a stronger mediator on two dimensions (negative affectivity and apprehension about the future, deterioration of relationships). Conclusions These results support the importance of developing psycho‐affective interventions to reinforce the EC of YWBC during chemotherapy in order to facilitate the cognitive and emotional processes necessary for a better adjustment and subjective experience.

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The importance of emotional intelligence and meaning in life in psycho‐oncology

Abstract: The current findings thus suggest that emotional intelligence and purpose in life are potential components to promoting satisfaction in life in healthy people and more so in oncologic patients.

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References 33 publications

The role of trait emotional intelligence in quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms after surgery for esophageal or gastric cancer: A French national database FREGAT

The role of trait emotional intelligence in quality of life, anxiety and depression symptoms after surgery for esophageal or gastric cancer: A French national database FREGAT

The Profile of Emotional Competence (PEC): A French short version for cancer patients

Adjustment of young women with breast cancer after chemotherapy: A mediation model of emotional competence via emotional distress

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