To what extent does meaning mediate adaptation to cancer? The relationship between physical suffering, meaning in life, and connection to others in adjustment to cancer

Lethborg, Carrie; Aranda, Sanchia; Cox, Sue; Kissane, David W.

doi:10.1017/s1478951507000570

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“…A common way to analyse Brief COPE scores was to combine the scores from the first eight sub-scales into one score (i.e., active coping, planning, positive reframing, acceptance, humor, turning to religion, emotional support, and instrumental support) and the remaining sub-scales into another (Tables 4). Of the 34 studies listed in Table 3, 12 had used this approach [77][78][79]81,83,85,90,91,102,103]. Four of these twelve studies [81,91,102,103] mentioned general theoretical considerations or did not provide any justification or reference.…”

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“…Of the 34 studies listed in Table 3, 12 had used this approach [77][78][79]81,83,85,90,91,102,103]. Four of these twelve studies [81,91,102,103] mentioned general theoretical considerations or did not provide any justification or reference. When references were provided, these were frequently to Carver et al [10], although not always to argue for the use of a four-factor structure, as Carver et al [10] had proposed for the COPE based on results from their factor analyses.…”

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“…Seven of the 34 studies listed in Table 3 [79,80,85,92,[94][95][96] referred to Carver et al [10] to justify the use of their factor structure, and two [89,92] to Carver [1]. Four studies [88,91,97,98] provided some general theoretical or practical considerations, and eight studies [81,93,[99][100][101][102][103][104] did not provide any justification or reference. The remaining studies referred to a variety of studies using either the COPE or Brief COPE questionnaire.…”

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A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

Krägeloh

2011

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Abstract:Religion is generally recognized as a major resource for dealing with stressful events, but its relationship with secular coping strategies continues to be debated. The present article provides a systematic review of the way in which analyses of the sub-scale turning to religion of the widely used Brief COPE [1] instrument are presented in peer-reviewed research articles, in order to investigate how the wealth of data published using this instrument can inform how religious coping relates to other coping strategies. Of the 212 identified articles that included turning to religion in their analyses, 80 combined sub-scale scores to form higher-order coping factors, 38 of which based on exploratory factor analyses of their own datasets. When factor analyses had used individual items as indicators, religious coping was more likely to load together with maladaptive coping strategies, and more likely with adaptive coping strategies when analyses were conducted at sub-scale level. To a large extent, the variation in the results from exploratory factor analyses appears to be due to the diverse and often inappropriate factor analytic techniques used to determine the factor structure of the Brief COPE instrument. Reports from factor analyses of the Brief COPE therefore have very little value when trying to make general conclusions about the role of religious coping in relation to secular coping methods.

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A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

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2011

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“…Even cancer recurrence has failed to predict adjustment difficulties in some studies (Carver et al, 2005;Parker et al, 2003). In contrast to objective medical variables, patients' subjective ratings of their physical symptoms and functioning have consistently predicted their psychosocial adjustment (Lethborg et al, 2007;Manne, Glassman, & Du Hamel, 2001; and see meta-analysis by van't Spijker et al, 1997).…”

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Coping-Related Variables Associated with Individual Differences in Adjustment to Cancer

Shapiro¹,

McCue

Heyman

et al. 2010

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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“…[16] For example, patients with cancer who are able to develop a sense of peace and equanimity in their cancer experience tend to have better quality of life [13,27] and better psychological health. [13,26,27,28,29] In children, spirituality has been defined as the ability to derive personal value and transcend beyond the self through relationships with others. [30,15] As a result, Kamper R et al [15] searchers elucidates that children's view their parents as a "guardians" of sorts by downplaying symptoms, "acting" like they felt better, and having a cheerful demeanor as they protected their parents/family members.…”

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The influence of spirituality in pediatric cancer management: a systematic review

Meireles¹,

Maia²,

Miná³

et al. 2015

Int Arch Med

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Context: Pediatric cancer is a wide challenge for the patients, family and health care team. They must deal with anxiety, distress, and pain. Thereby, to find meaning for this journey, they use different coping strategies, among which, spirituality appears to be a way, providing well-being and hope.Objective: The purpose of this review was to analyze the influence of spirituality in childhood cancer care, involving biopsychosocial aspects of child, family, and health professionals facing cancer.Data Sources: To achieve this goal, a systematic review of literature was conducted via electronic databases Scopus, MEDLINE and PubMed using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms: "spirituality", "neoplasm" and "pediatric".Study Selection: Through this search it was found 65 articles.After analyzing them by abstract 13 met the eligibility criteria and were entirely read before included in the final sample.Data Extractions: Sys Most of the studies stated that spirituality helps pediatric patients and their families to find a positive meaning from cancer experience, turning better the management of child. Besides, health practitioners may be able to facilitate this process working as a multidisciplinary team, providing to patient an unabridged care.

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To what extent does meaning mediate adaptation to cancer? The relationship between physical suffering, meaning in life, and connection to others in adjustment to cancer

Cited by 61 publications

References 35 publications

A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

Coping-Related Variables Associated with Individual Differences in Adjustment to Cancer

The influence of spirituality in pediatric cancer management: a systematic review

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