Facets of Spirituality as Predictors of Adjustment to Cancer: Relative Contributions of Having Faith and Finding Meaning

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 730-741

  Yanez, Betina ^a   Edmondson, Donald ^b   Stanton, Annette L ^a,c   Park, Crystal L ^b   Kwan, Lorna ^c   Ganz, Patricia A ^a,c   Blank, Thomas O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; chronic disease; psychological adjustment; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL HEALING; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SICK ROLE;

EID: 67949111267     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015820     Document Type: Article

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