title: Uncertainty, spiritual well-being, and psychosocial adjustment to chronic illness.
abstract: This research was undertaken to assess spiritual well-being as an internal coping resource to buffer the effects of uncertainty on psychosocial adjustment among 94 persons with diabetes mellitus. Five instruments were used to collect data; descriptive, correlational, multivariate, and content analysis procedures were used for data analysis. A predicted negative relationship between uncertainty and spiritual well-being was supported, with a stronger relationship between the existential well-being component of spiritual well-being and uncertainty than the religious well-being component. Uncertainty explained 43% of the variance in psychosocial well-being; existential well-being added an additional 10%, suggesting that it serves as a buffer between uncertainty and psychosocial well-being. The findings suggest that spiritual well-being may be an important internal resource for persons forced to adjust to uncertainty related to long-term health problems such as diabetes mellitus.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Landis
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology*; D005086:Existentialism; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires