Journal article
Existential Meaning Through Illness: The Case of Patients with Breast Cancer
Journal of psychosocial oncology, Vol.22(4), pp.61-76
11/18/2004
DOI: 10.1300/J077v22n04_04
Abstract
This study probed the effects of both level of existential meaning and coping processes on quality of life for patients with breast cancer. Results of bivariate correlation analyses with a sample of 248 women one to five years after diagnosis showed that a high level of meaning was strongly correlated with a high quality of life (r= .448, p <.01). A negative relationship between coping processes and quality of life signaled an association between higher frequency of coping and decreased quality of life (r= -.331, p <.01). Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that existential meaning and coping each contributed significantly to the variance in quality of life. In contrast to theories of coping, existential meaning and coping were unrelated constructs in the present study.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Existential Meaning Through Illness: The Case of Patients with Breast Cancer
- Creators
- Eva G. Schoen - University of IowaDonald R. Nicholas - Indiana University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of psychosocial oncology, Vol.22(4), pp.61-76
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1300/J077v22n04_04
- ISSN
- 0734-7332
- eISSN
- 1540-7586
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/18/2004
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Counselor Education; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984296259502771
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