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| Published: September 05, 2017
Relationship of Posttraumatic Growth with Religious Coping and Optimism among Breast Cancer Patients of Kashmir
Research scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
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Sr. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
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DIP: 18.01.099/20170404
DOI: 10.25215/0404.099
ABSTRACT
The current study assesses the relationship of posttraumatic growth with religious coping and optimism among female breast cancer patients of Kashmir. Purposive sampling technique was used for the sampling purpose. 100 breast cancer patients ranging between the ages of 25 to 70 years were taken. The tools used for the present study were Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI, 1996), Iranian Religious Coping Scale (2011) and Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R, 1994). Results of the study revealed that religious coping and optimism is positively and significantly correlated with posttraumatic growth
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Received: March 03, 2017; Revision Received: August 24, 2017; Accepted: September 05, 2017
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.099/20170404
10.25215/0404.099
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Published in Volume 04, Issue 4, July-September, 2017