Peaceful acceptance and struggle with terminal cancer: The role of mindfulness, self-compassion, and body image distress.
Palliative & Supportive Care March 14, 2025 DOI: 10.1017/s1478951525000094 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Individuals with terminal cancer |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | The study suggests that mindfulness and self-compassion are positively associated with peaceful acceptance and negatively associated with struggle, while body image distress is positively associated with struggle in terminal cancer patients. |
Abstract
Peaceful acceptance and struggle with terminal cancer: The role of mindfulness, self-compassion, and body image distress.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Experienced meditators and nonmeditating comparison groups | 2008 | Cross-sectional study | |
| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |
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