RT Article
T1 Spiritual Coping: A Gateway to Enhancing Family Communication During Cancer Treatment
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 55
IS 1
SP 269
OP 287
A1 Prouty Lyness, Anne M.
A1 Fischer, Judith
A1 Helmeke, Karen B.
A2 Purdom, Ann
A2 Cobos, Everardo
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/156610825X
AB The researchers examined the spiritual coping, family communication, and family functioning of 95 participants in 34 families by an online survey. Multilevel linear regression was used to test whether individuals’ and families’ higher endorsement of more use of spiritual coping strategies to deal with a member’s cancer would be associated with higher scores on family communication and family functioning, and whether better communication would also be associated with higher family functioning scores. Results revealed that spiritual coping was positively associated with family communication, and family communication was positively associated with healthier family functioning. The researchers provide suggestions for further research.
K1 Cancer
K1 Spiritual coping
K1 Family communication
K1 Medical family therapy
DO 10.1007/s10943-015-0108-4