Abstract Views :322 |
PDF Views:0
Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Post graduate Institute of Behavioral and Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 6, No 3 (2015), Pagination: 291-294
Abstract
Suffering comes in many ways to cancer patients; one of these is an unspecified fear about death. The present study was aimed to evaluate the death anxiety, coping and are correlated significantly with death anxiety, whereas, no such significant correlation was seen with coping mechanisms and spiritual quotient. spirituality among scale (Kavita koradia, 2008). Results showed that 71.2% of the sample cancer patients. 70 cancer patients from private in-patient facility were assessed in Death anxiety scale (Templer, 1970); Brief COPE (Carver, 1997) and Spiritual quotient population had high spiritual quotient. Religion, Instrumental support, Self distraction and planning were found to be the most used coping strategies by the sample population. Coping mechanisms like venting, positive reframing and humour.
Keywords
Cancer, Death Anxiety, Spirituality And Coping.
