The role of religious and spiritual beliefs in coping with malignant melanoma: an Israeli sample

✍ Scribed by Lea Baider; Simcha M. Russak; Shlomit Perry; Kathryn Kash; Melissa Gronert; Bernard Fox; Jimmie Holland; Atara Kaplan-Denour

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 74 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1057-9249
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1611(199901/02)8:1<27::aid-pon334>3.0.co;2-v

✦ Synopsis

This preliminary study examined the possible relationship between a newly developed instrument, the Spiritual Beliefs Inventory (SBI-54), and the coping style of a group of cancer patients in Israel. The sample consisted of 100 malignant melanoma patients diagnosed at stages I and II, A and B. Patients were individually interviewed at home and completed seven self-reports. The present report focuses on the relationship of the SBI-54 with other measures of coping, psychological distress and social support. Findings showed that there was a significantly positive correlation between the SBI-54 and the active-cognitive coping style (r= 0.48, p B 0.0l).