The experience and the role of spirituality among women who have had breast cancer and who have completed their medical treatments
by Shachar Siman-Tov, Ety, Psy.D., UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, 2008, 387 pages; 3324037

Abstract:

This qualitative and exploratory study endeavored to understand the experience of spirituality among ten women who have had breast cancer, and who have completed their medical treatments. Findings revealed that the majority of the participants associated their breast cancer experience with spirituality. The majority of participants defined spirituality as “connectedness to” or “relationship with” a higher power to others, to self, to nature or to the arts. Participants perceived that their sense of connectedness helped them to adjust and to cope with their breast cancer, they also reported they feel uncertainty regarding fear of recurrence. The majority of the participants considered spirituality to be helpful with going on with their lives and some considered spirituality helpful with the integration of the experience into their lives. In the practice of health psychology, this study strongly supports the importance of spirituality, in terms of connectedness, in coping, adjusting and going on in the lives of women who have had breast cancer and who have completed their medical treatments. Connectedness, as working definition may serve as a key to unlock potential spiritual resources available to these women.

 
AdviserOtto Wahl
SchoolUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD
SourceDAI/B 69-07, p. , Dec 2008
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsWomen's studies; Psychology; Physiological psychology
Publication Number3324037
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