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Nazari Montazar F, Firouzi M, Ahadi H, Ghobari Bonab B. The mediating role of hopelessness and perceived social support in relation to pain catastrophizing and suicidal Ideation in cancer patients.. JAP 2026; 17 (2) :13-25
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1- University of Tehran
2- University of Tehran ,mfiroozy@ut.ac.ir
3- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2- University of Tehran ,
3- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
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Aim and background : Living with chronic pain is associated with many deleterious outcomes, including a substantially increased risk of suicide Pain catastrophizing, as a maladaptive coping strategy, plays a role in various outcomes of cancer pain, including increased suicidal ideation. Suicidal ideation is a strong predictor of suicide attempts and deaths resulting from it,. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the mediating role of hopelessness and perceived social support in the relationship between pain catastrophizing and suicidal ideation in cancer patients.
.Material and Methods:This descriptive, correlational, structural equation modeling study was conducted with the participation of 400 cancer patients referred to the pathology department of Tehran hospitals in 2025. Patients were selected using convenience sampling and completed research questionnaires including the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, Beck Suicidality Questionnaire, Beck Hopelessness Questionnaire, and Perceived Social Support Questionnaire..
.Results: The proposed model has a good fit. In the proposed model, all path coefficients between variables (except the path coefficient related to the direct effect of the variable of pain rumination on suicidal ideation and the direct effect of friends' support on suicidal ideation) were statistically significant (P<0.05).
.Conclusion:Findings showed that hopelessness and perceived social support have a mediating role in the relationship between pain catastrophizing(exaggeration and rumination of pain ) and suicidal ideation of cancer patients.
Aim and background : Living with chronic pain is associated with many deleterious outcomes, including a substantially increased risk of suicide Pain catastrophizing, as a maladaptive coping strategy, plays a role in various outcomes of cancer pain, including increased suicidal ideation. Suicidal ideation is a strong predictor of suicide attempts and deaths resulting from it,. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the mediating role of hopelessness and perceived social support in the relationship between pain catastrophizing and suicidal ideation in cancer patients.
.Material and Methods:This descriptive, correlational, structural equation modeling study was conducted with the participation of 400 cancer patients referred to the pathology department of Tehran hospitals in 2025. Patients were selected using convenience sampling and completed research questionnaires including the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, Beck Suicidality Questionnaire, Beck Hopelessness Questionnaire, and Perceived Social Support Questionnaire..
.Results: The proposed model has a good fit. In the proposed model, all path coefficients between variables (except the path coefficient related to the direct effect of the variable of pain rumination on suicidal ideation and the direct effect of friends' support on suicidal ideation) were statistically significant (P<0.05).
.Conclusion:Findings showed that hopelessness and perceived social support have a mediating role in the relationship between pain catastrophizing(exaggeration and rumination of pain ) and suicidal ideation of cancer patients.
Keywords: Keywords :Pain catastrophizing, Suicidal ideation, hopelessness, perceived social support, cancer.
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Received: 2026.04.21 | Accepted: 2026.04.30 | Published: 2026.08.1
Received: 2026.04.21 | Accepted: 2026.04.30 | Published: 2026.08.1
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