Assessing the role of spirituality in coping among African Americans diagnosed with cancer.
Spirituality plays an important role in cancer coping among African Americans. The purpose of this study was to report on the initial psychometric properties of instruments specific to the cancer context, assessing the role of spirituality in coping. Items were developed based on a theoretical model of spirituality and qualitative patient interviews. The instruments reflected connections to self, others, God, and the world. One hundred African American cancer survivors completed the instruments by telephone. The instruments showed adequate internal reliability, mixed convergent validity, discriminant validity, and interpretable factor structures.
Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. cholt14@umd.edu
Cheryl L
CL
Holt
Emily
E
Schulz
Lee
L
Caplan
Victor
V
Blake
Vivian L
VL
Southward
Ayanna V
AV
Buckner
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012067:Religion; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013689:Telephone; D014481:United States; D001741:Black or African American
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