title: Religious coping and depression among spouses of people with lung cancer.
abstract: A cancer diagnosis frequently activates a range of coping responses in patients and their spouses and may affect their emotional well-being. The authors hypothesized a curvilinear relationship between religious coping and depression in 156 spouses of lung cancer patients. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted with blocks of variables entered as follows: demographic characteristics; cancer stage; perceived control, self-efficacy, and social support; religious coping (linear); and religious coping squared (quadratic). There was a significant association between religious coping squared and depression. Spouses who used moderate levels of religious coping were rated as less depressed than those who used lower or higher levels.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Psychiatry, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, USA.
authors.forename: Alexis D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Abernethy
authors.forename: H Theresa
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Seidlitz
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Evinger
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Duberstein
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012944:Social Support; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*