Utilization of religious coping strategies among African American women at increased risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
This observational study evaluated utilization of religious coping strategies among 95 African American women who were at increased risk for having a BRCA1/BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) mutation. Overall, women reported high levels of collaborative coping; however, women with fewer than 2 affected relatives (beta = -1.97, P = 0.04) and those who had a lower perceived risk of having a BRCA1/2 mutation (beta = -2.72, P = 0.01) reported significantly greater collaborative coping. These results suggest that African American women may be likely to use collaborative strategies to cope with cancer-related stressors. It may be important to discuss utilization of religious coping efforts during genetic counseling with African American women.
Weathers
Benita
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Kessler
Lisa
L
Collier
Aliya
A
Stopfer
Jill E
JE
Domchek
Susan
S
Halbert
Chanita Hughes
CH
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D012067:Religion