The multidimensionality of spiritual wellbeing: Peace, meaning, and faith and their association with quality of life and coping in oncology

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 602-610

  Whitford, Hayley S ^a   Olver, Ian N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cancer; coping behavior; oncology; psychological adjustment; quality of life; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BILE DUCT CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY GENERAL SCORE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY SPIRITUAL WELLBEING; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HELPLESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO CANCER SCALE; MYELOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SARCOMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84861800517     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1937     Document Type: Article

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