Open AccessRelationship of Posttraumatic Growth with Religious Coping and Optimism among Breast Cancer Patients of Kashmir
Author(s) -
Samina,
Touseef Rizvi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of indian psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2349-3429
pISSN - 2348-5396
DOI - 10.25215/0404.099
Subject(s) - optimism , posttraumatic growth , coping (psychology) , breast cancer , nonprobability sampling , clinical psychology , psychology , medicine , gynecology , cancer , psychotherapist , environmental health , population
The current study assesses the relationship of posttraumatic growth with religious coping and optimism among female breast cancer patients of Kashmir. Purposive sampling technique was used for the sampling purpose. 100 breast cancer patients ranging between the ages of 25 to 70 years were taken. The tools used for the present study were Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI, 1996), Iranian Religious Coping Scale (2011) and Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R, 1994). Results of the study revealed that religious coping and optimism is positively and significantly correlated with posttraumatic growth