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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Health Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1437335

The mediating effect of social support on the relationship between intimacy and perceived partner responsiveness in endometriosis women of childbearing age

Provisionally accepted
JIA CHEN JIA CHEN 1,2Yuanjing Ge Yuanjing Ge 1Xiaohong Jin Xiaohong Jin 3Haiyan Huang Haiyan Huang 1Xiao Shan Xiao Shan 2XUJUAN XU XUJUAN XU 1*
  • 1 Medical School of Nantong University, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China
  • 2 Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China
  • 3 Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China

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    The mediating effect of social support on the relationship between intimacy and perceived partner responsiveness(PPR) was examined among the endometriosis(EM) women of childbearing age. A total of 201 EM women of childbearing age, who were tr e a t e d in the gynecology outpatient clinic and w ard of a tertiary general hospital in Nantong City of Jiangsu Province,were investigated. Intimacy, PPR, and social support were measured by using the scales of Quality of Relationship Index (QRI), PPR Scale (PPRS), and Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS). A four-step hierarchical regression analysis was conducted. Positive correlations were found between intimacy and subjective support, support utilization and PPR. Mediation analysis indicated a partial mediating effect of support utilization on the relationship between intimacy and PPR.

    Keywords: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, investigation, methodology, Writing -original draft. Xujuan Xu: Supervision, Validation, Writing -review & editing. Haiyan Huang: Writing -original draft. Yuanjing Ge: Conceptualization, supervision

    Received: 23 May 2024; Accepted: 16 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 CHEN, Ge, Jin, Huang, Shan and XU. 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: XUJUAN XU, Medical School of Nantong University, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China

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