Assessing spiritual growth and spiritual decline following a diagnosis of cancer: Reliability and validity of the spiritual transformation scale

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-121

  Cole, Brenda S ^a   Hopkins, Clare M ^b   Tisak, John ^c   Steel, Jennifer L ^d   Carr, Brian I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CARLOW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Religion; Spiritual change; Spiritual growth and spiritual decline; Spiritual transformation; Spirituality and cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 39549121690     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1207     Document Type: Article

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