The influence and mechanism of recovery experience, self-disclosure and self-efficacy on negative emotion in pregnant women undergoing cesarean section with intracranial tumor
Abstract
Background: This study aims to explore the effects of maternal recovery experience, self-disclosure, and self-efficacy on negative emotions in women with intracranial tumors undergoing cesarean section and the mechanism of their influence in order to provide a theoretical basis and practical guidance for improving maternal recovery experience and reducing negative emotions. Methods: A total of 118 cases of all mid- to late-stage pregnant women with combined intracranial tumors in pregnancy who underwent cesarean section at Beijing Tiantan Hospital of Capital Medical University from August 2019 to August 2024 were collected as the study subjects, and a cross-sectional survey was conducted by using the General Information Questionnaire, the Recovery Experience Questionnaire, the Depression and Anxiety Scale, the Self-disclosure Index, and the General Self-Efficacy Scale. Model 6 of Hayes’ SPSS-Process program was used for the mediation effect test. Results: Recovery experience had a direct negative predictive effect on negative emotions (β = −0.273, p < 0.001), with a direct effect of 43.72%. Self-disclosure and self-efficacy had a partially mediated effect between recovery experience and negative emotions, with an independent mediation effect of 16.51%, 34.06%, and a chained mediation effect of 5.71%, respectively. The results of stratified linear regression showed that psychological detachment, mastery experience and control experience were influential factors of depression, and relaxation experience, mastery experience and control experience were influential factors of stress. Conclusion: Self-disclosure and self-efficacy have partial mediating effects between recovery experience and negative mood in patients with pregnancy-related tumors. Clinical attention should be paid to patients’ negative emotions and the mediating effects of self-disclosure and self-efficacy should be assessed in order to improve patients’ negative state of mind.
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