Coping and Religiosity of Polish Breast Cancer Patients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3354628 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanna Żołnierz (0000-0002-0293-3918, Medical University of Lublin, corresponding author), Jarosław Sak (0000-0002-8763-0683, Medical University of Lublin) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 682 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14050682 |
| OpenAlex | W4377115336 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
Religiosity can support a patient in coping with a stressful situation such as breast cancer. In this study, the authors aimed to explain the relationships between the religiosity of the respondents and the religious crises they experienced and coping strategies, as well as between coping strategies and the disease duration. The research method used is the method of diagnostic survey, and the tools: a questionnaire of our own, making it possible to determine sociodemographic variables and standardized scales: the Inventory for Measuring Coping with Stress-Mini-COPE (the brief COPE), the Polish Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) and the Religious Crisis Scale by W. Prężyna (RCS). With approval from the Bioethics Committee at the Medical University of Lublin (KE-0254/133/2015), 69 female subjects with breast cancer were studied. The results showed statistically significant positive correlations between the centrality of religiosity and selected components of religiosity and action-oriented coping strategies. RCS scores correlate negatively with more adaptive coping strategies and positively with ineffective ones. Additionally, patients suffering from breast cancer for more than five years, are statistically significantly different from those with shorter disease duration only in their scores for the CRS "public practice" subscale. Mature religiosity promotes the adoption of constructive coping strategies, while religious crisis hinders the process of coping with stressful situations. It appears necessary to integrate spiritual care into the treatment process of cancer patients
Breast cancer · Cancer · Religiosity · Clinical Psychology · Family Support in Illness · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Internal Medicine
Religion, spirituality, and physical health in cancer patients
The many methods of religious coping
Religion and Coping with Serious Medical Illness
Religion, Spirituality, and Health
Personality, religious and spiritual struggles, and well-being
Spiritual and Religious Attitudes in Dealing with Illness in Polish Patients with Chronic Diseases
Spirituality, Religiosity and Coping Strategies Among Spanish People Diagnosed with Cancer
Spiritual Growth or Decline and Meaning-Making as Mediators of Anxiety and Satisfaction with Life During Religious Struggle
Can Religious and Spiritual Struggle Enhance Well-Being? Exploring the Mediating Effects of Internal Dialogues
Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect
An Attachment-Theory Approach Psychology of Religion
Assessing coping strategies
Situational coping and coping dispositions in a stressful transaction
Medicine for the Spirit
The Brief RCOPE
The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS)
God Help Me (II)
Parental Attachment Styles and Religious and Spiritual Struggle
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |