Abstract
The current study aimed to identify the relationship between cancer patients’ religious coping style and posttraumatic growth, depression, well-being, and life satisfaction. Participants were 29 cancer patients from a large regional medical center (females = 18, males = 11). It was predicted that positive religious coping would be a significant predictor for posttraumatic growth, as positive religious coping will lead to higher levels of growth. It was also predicted that positive religious coping methods will lead to a greater physical and mental well-being, reduced levels of depression, and a higher life satisfaction while negative religious coping will lead to worse physical and mental well-being, higher levels of depression, and a lower life satisfaction. Statistical analyses revealed positive religious coping to be a significant predictor of posttraumatic growth. Pearson product-moment correlations revealed negative religious coping to be significantly correlated to higher levels of depression, lower life satisfaction, and worse physical and mental well-being. There were no significant correlations found between positive religious coping and depression scores, well-being, and life satisfaction. Results suggest that individuals who choose a positive religious coping method are going to have more positive psychological changes after their cancer diagnosis than individuals who choose a negative religious coping style. In addition, negative religious coping methods lead to worse mental well-being, higher levels of depression, and a lower life satisfaction. Implications and limitations as well as suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Religious Coping Styles and Depression, Well-being, Life Satisfaction, and Post-traumatic Growth for Cancer Patients
The current study aimed to identify the relationship between cancer patients’ religious coping style and posttraumatic growth, depression, well-being, and life satisfaction. Participants were 29 cancer patients from a large regional medical center (females = 18, males = 11). It was predicted that positive religious coping would be a significant predictor for posttraumatic growth, as positive religious coping will lead to higher levels of growth. It was also predicted that positive religious coping methods will lead to a greater physical and mental well-being, reduced levels of depression, and a higher life satisfaction while negative religious coping will lead to worse physical and mental well-being, higher levels of depression, and a lower life satisfaction. Statistical analyses revealed positive religious coping to be a significant predictor of posttraumatic growth. Pearson product-moment correlations revealed negative religious coping to be significantly correlated to higher levels of depression, lower life satisfaction, and worse physical and mental well-being. There were no significant correlations found between positive religious coping and depression scores, well-being, and life satisfaction. Results suggest that individuals who choose a positive religious coping method are going to have more positive psychological changes after their cancer diagnosis than individuals who choose a negative religious coping style. In addition, negative religious coping methods lead to worse mental well-being, higher levels of depression, and a lower life satisfaction. Implications and limitations as well as suggestions for future research are discussed.