Assessing the Role of Spirituality in Coping Among African Americans Diagnosed with Cancer

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• 作者：Cheryl L. Holt (1) cholt14@umd.edu
  Emily Schulz (2)
  Lee Caplan (3)
  Victor Blake (4)
  Vivian L. Southward (2)
  Ayanna V. Buckner (4)
• 关键词：Spirituality &#8211 ; Cancer coping &#8211 ; Quality of life &#8211 ; African American &#8211 ; Instrument development
• 刊名：Journal of Religion and Health
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：June 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：51
• 期：2
• 页码：507-521
• 全文大小：211.3 KB
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• 作者单位：1. Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, 2369 Public Health Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA2. Division of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA3. Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA4. Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Psychology
  Clinical Psychology
  Religious Studies
  Public Health
  Aging
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-6571

文摘

Spirituality plays an important role in cancer coping among African Americans. The purpose of this study was to report on the initial psychometric properties of instruments specific to the cancer context, assessing the role of spirituality in coping. Items were developed based on a theoretical model of spirituality and qualitative patient interviews. The instruments reflected connections to self, others, God, and the world. One hundred African American cancer survivors completed the instruments by telephone. The instruments showed adequate internal reliability, mixed convergent validity, discriminant validity, and interpretable factor structures.