ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1634910
This article is part of the Research TopicInnovations in Psychological Care for Oncology and Palliative Settings: A Holistic ApproachView all 3 articles
A latent profile analysis of post-traumatic growth in spouses of breast cancer patients
Provisionally accepted
XiaoCui Duan1
Yang Xiumu2*
Yongli Duan3Zhengfu Shen4Yunbo Xiong4Caixia Sun5Yongxia Chen5
Yujiao Shao1Xuejun Xu2Shuang Zhao6Zeyu Zhang7
Shiqing Zhang2Yue Yang2- 1School of Nursing, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, China
- 2School of Nursing, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
- 3Fuyang First People's Hospital, Fuyang, China, Fuyang, China
- 4School of Marxism, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, China, Bengbu, China
- 5The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, China
- 6The First People's Hospital of Bengbu, Bengbu, China, Bengbu, China
- 7No. 902 Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army Joint Logistics and Security Force, Bengbu, China, Bengbu, China
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Post-traumatic growth is the positive psychological changes that an individual may undergo after coping with traumatic events. It can help individuals alleviate negative emotions, reduce physical and mental stress, and enhance self-efficacy. This study aims to characterize the latent profiles of spouses' post-traumatic growth and to explore the related factors for each subgroup based on the ABC-X model.: 210 breast cancer couples participated in the survey through convenience sampling and completed the General Information Questionnaire, Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory, Dyadic Coping Inventory, and Resilience Scales.Results: Latent profile analysis revealed three distinct post-traumatic growth profiles among breast cancer patients' spouses: low growth-emerging edge group (30.9%), medium growth-moderate progress group (48.7%), and high growth-transcending self group (20.3%). Multivariate logistic regression showed that factors influencing post-traumatic growth in spouses with breast cancer include type of place of residence, resilience, negative coping styles, the number of chemotherapy treatments for the patient, and cancer stage.There is significant heterogeneity in post-traumatic growth among spouses. Future research could utilize precise psychological interventions to improve post-traumatic growth based on the diverse psychological profiles of spouses, thereby enhancing the mental health of the spousal population.
Keywords: breast cancer, Patients, Spouses, Post-traumatic growth, latent profile analysis
Received: 25 May 2025; Accepted: 18 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Duan, Xiumu, Duan, Shen, Xiong, Sun, Chen, Shao, Xu, Zhao, Zhang, Zhang and Yang. 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: Yang Xiumu, School of Nursing, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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