Religious Coping, Psychological Distress and Disability Among Patients with End-Stage Pulmonary Disease

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• 作者：Eileen J. Burker ; Donna M. Evon ; Jan A. Sedway and Thomas Egan
• 关键词：religious coping ; psychological distress ; disability ; pulmonary/lung disease ; transplantation
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
• 出版年：2004
• 出版时间：2004
• 年：2004
• 卷：11
• 期：3
• 页码：179-193
• 全文大小：106 KB

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A growing body of literature suggests that individuals who face life-threatening situations turn to religion to help them cope. Religion has been cited as the most frequently used resource to cope with stressful events (K. I. Pargament, 1997). The present study was the first to investigate the religious coping methods of patients with lung disease who are awaiting transplant and to identify which coping methods are associated with distress and disability. The study was an exploratory, cross-sectional analysis of 90 patients with end-stage pulmonary disease who were being evaluated for transplant. Results indicated that religiosity was highly prevalent. Patients employed a combination of religious coping efforts, but mostly used coping methods considered positive. Patients with late-onset pulmonary diseases used religious coping strategies more frequently than patients with cystic fibrosis. Hierarchical regression analyses identified a subset of religious coping strategies that predicted 27 % , 14 % , and 34 % of the unique variance in depression, overall disability, and psychosocial disability, respectively.