Eudaimonic and Hedonic Psychological Well-Being among Parents of Children with Cancer before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Procedure and Participants
2.3. Measures
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Preliminary Results
Propensity Score Matching
4. Results
4.1. Eudaimonic Well-Being
4.2. Hedonic Well-Being
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||
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M | SD | M | SD | SMD | p-Value | |
Before Matching | ||||||
Parent’s age | 36.31 | 6.45 | 38.0 | 6.41 | 0.26 | 0.028 |
Parent’s sex | 0.22 | 0.41 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.04 | 0.761 |
Child’s age (months) | 86.60 | 65.72 | 97.35 | 53.08 | 0.09 | 0.142 |
Child’s sex | 0.63 | 0.48 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.18 | 0.432 |
After Matching | ||||||
Parent’s age | 37.77 | 5.91 | 38.05 | 6.42 | 0.05 | 0.736 |
Parent’s sex | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.21 | 0.41 | 0.02 | 0.868 |
Child’s age (months) | 97.97 | 68.60 | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.04 | 0.786 |
Child’s sex | 0.58 | 0.50 | 97.35 | 53.08 | 0.01 | 0.941 |
Variable | Group 1 | Group 2 | Cronbach’s α Group 1 | Cronbach’s Group 2 | ||||||
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M | SD | Skewness | Kurtosis | M | SD | Skewness | Kurtosis | |||
Autonomy | 4.47 | 0.96 | −0.06 | 0.29 | 4.75 | 0.99 | 0.001 | −0.67 | 0.76 | 0.77 |
Environmental mastery | 4.80 | 1.02 | −1.09 | 1.69 | 4.77 | 0.91 | −0.05 | −0.47 | 0.83 | 0.77 |
Personal growth | 4.53 | 0.75 | 0.07 | −0.26 | 4.67 | 0.94 | −0.04 | −0.03 | 0.56 | 0.75 |
Positive relations with others | 5.25 | 0.97 | −0.57 | 1.06 | 5.36 | 0.94 | −0.21 | −0.73 | 0.79 | 0.81 |
Purpose in life | 4.68 | 0.85 | −0.31 | 0.22 | 4.74 | 0.97 | 0.16 | −0.52 | 0.59 | 0.73 |
Self-acceptance | 4.44 | 0.98 | −0.42 | 0.84 | 4.61 | 0.97 | −0.22 | 0.25 | 0.78 | 0.81 |
Hedonic well-being | 4.02 | 1.14 | −0.09 | −0.37 | 4.26 | 0.99 | −0.27 | −0.42 | 0.83 | 0.78 |
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Ziółkowska, N.; Bargiel-Matusiewicz, K.; Gruszczyńska, E. Eudaimonic and Hedonic Psychological Well-Being among Parents of Children with Cancer before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 1113. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11041113
Ziółkowska N, Bargiel-Matusiewicz K, Gruszczyńska E. Eudaimonic and Hedonic Psychological Well-Being among Parents of Children with Cancer before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022; 11(4):1113. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11041113
Chicago/Turabian StyleZiółkowska, Natalia, Kamilla Bargiel-Matusiewicz, and Ewa Gruszczyńska. 2022. "Eudaimonic and Hedonic Psychological Well-Being among Parents of Children with Cancer before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study" Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 4: 1113. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11041113
APA StyleZiółkowska, N., Bargiel-Matusiewicz, K., & Gruszczyńska, E. (2022). Eudaimonic and Hedonic Psychological Well-Being among Parents of Children with Cancer before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(4), 1113. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11041113