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Family resilience, body image, and psychosocial adaptation were measured using the Chinese versions of the Family Resilience Scale, Body Image Scale, and Psychosocial Adaptation Scale for Breast Cancer, respectively. The hypothesized associations and indirect pathway were evaluated by structural equation modeling.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Valid data were available for 220 of the 229 participants (96.07%). Family resilience, body image, and psychosocial adaptation had mean scores of 102.34 \u00b1 12.93, 7.19 \u00b1 5.91, and 181.10 \u00b1 27.97, respectively. Family resilience was negatively correlated with body image (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = \u22120.292,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.01) and positively correlated with psychosocial adaptation (r = 0.480, P &amp;lt; 0.01). Of the total association between family resilience and psychosocial adaptation, 67.58% was attributable to the direct pathway and 32.42% to the indirect pathway through body image.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients reporting stronger family resilience also showed better psychosocial adaptation. Part of this association operated through body image. Interventions addressing both family resilience and body image may be useful for young and middle-aged patients with breast cancer.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Relevance to clinical practice<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Assessment of psychosocial adaptation should consider both the patient's family environment and concerns about physical appearance. Family-based support may assist patients in managing body image distress and adapting to life after breast cancer treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1909339","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,23]],"date-time":"2026-09-23T04:49:12Z","timestamp":1790138952000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The effects of family resilience and body image on psychosocial adaptation among young and middle-aged breast cancer patients"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Yanhong","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University","place":["Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenhui","family":"Geng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University","place":["Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fengxia","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University","place":["Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaomeng","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University","place":["Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoling","family":"Tian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University","place":["Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"357","DOI":"10.5267\/j.ijdns.2020.9.003","article-title":"An extensive comparison of CB-SEM and PLS-SEM for reliability and validity","volume":"4","author":"Afthanorhan","year":"2020","journal-title":"Int. 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