How mindfulness and coping styles shape anxiety and depression in metastatic gastrointestinal cancer
These findings underscore the importance of contextualizing coping constructs, and suggest that mindfulness, despite its paradoxical relationship with anxiety, may mitigate reliance on maladaptive strategies. Routine psychological screening and personalized psychosocial support should be incorporated into oncological care to facilitate emotional adjustment.
Authors
- Ece Baydar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-936X)
- Umut Kefeli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6126-5377)
- Devrim Çabuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7871-6311)
- Kazım Uygun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4339-9918)
- Yasemin Bakkal Temi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1268-6666)
- Aila Gareayaghi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8453-0321)
- İlkay Çıtakkul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0515-766X)
Institutions
- Kocaeli Üniversitesi (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1659902
- Primary Topic
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Kocaeli Üniversitesi