Inter-relationships among sense of coherence, hope, and spiritual perspective (inner resources) of African-American and European-American breast cancer survivors.
This descriptive study compared sense of coherence (SOC), hope, and spiritual perspective in African-American and European-American breast cancer survivors. Five African-American and five European-American survivors completed multiple self-report instruments. Nonparametric statistical analyses included the Spearman rho and Mann-Whitney U tests. As hypothesized, there were significant positive relationships between SOC and spiritual perspective (r(s) =.768, p =.005) and hope and spiritual perspective (r(s) =.561, p =.046). There were no significant differences in SOC, hope, or spiritual perspective scores in the African-American compared with the European-American survivors. Results justify a larger study to explore inner resources of African-American breast cancer survivors.
Gibson
Lynette M
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Clemson University School of Nursing, College of Health, Education and Human Development, Clemson, SC 29634-0743, USA.
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012067:Religion; D012649:Self Concept; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D001741:Black or African American