ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Psychopathology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1627422
This article is part of the Research TopicPsychological Factors as Determinants of Medical Conditions, Volume IIIView all 17 articles
Psychological Capital and Death Anxiety in Pancreatic Cancer Patients: A Latent Profile Analysis
Provisionally accepted
- 1Key Laboratory of Digital-Intelligent Disease Surveillance and Health Governance, Nanchong, China
- 2Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
- 3Xi'an Electric Power Central Hospital, Xi'an, China
- 4Other
- 5North Sichuan Medical college, Nanchong, China
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Prior research has predominantly adopted variable-centered approaches to demonstrate significant correlations between psychological capital and death anxiety. However, few studies have investigated the heterogeneity of these constructs among patients with pancreatic cancer. To address this gap, we employed a random sampling method to recruit 513 patients with pancreatic cancer. Latent profile analysis was conducted to examine their psychological capital and death anxiety profiles, followed by univariate analysis and multinomial logistic regression to identify influencing factors. The results revealed three distinct profiles: high psychological capital–low death anxiety, moderate psychological capital–moderate death anxiety, and low psychological capital–high death anxiety. Key determinants included Gender, age, place of residence, and cancer stage. These findings enhance our understanding of the psychological recovery trajectory in pancreatic cancer patients, enabling clinicians to develop targeted interventions based on distinct psychological profiles to improve mental health outcomes.
Keywords: Pancreatic Cancer, Psychological Capital, Death Anxiety, perceived stress, social support, latent profile analysis
Received: 12 May 2025; Accepted: 21 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Yang, She, Gui, Li, Zhou, Liu and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Lu Liu, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
Nian Liu, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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