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New Horizon of Spiritual Well-being and Hope among Cancer Patients: A Psychological Aspect

Sidra Liaquat*, Sarwat Sultan**, Irshad Husain***

* M.Phil Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, Bahauddin Zakaryia University, Multan.

** Head, Department of Applied Psychology, Bahauddin Zakaryia University, Multan.

*** Chairman, Department of Educational Training, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

Periodicity:February - April'2013
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.6.4.2185

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to address the importance of spiritual well-being and hope among cancer patients diagnosed with its different stages. Through stratified sampling techniques, 120 cancer patients from four stages evenly divided into male and female participated in this study. Spiritual Well-being Scale (Paloutzian & Ellison, 1982) and Hope Scale (Snyder, Harris, Anderson, et al, 1991) were used to measure the levels of spiritual well-being and hope respectively. Results indicated a significant positive relationship between spiritual well-being and hope among cancer patients of all stages while surprisingly this relationship was higher in last stage of cancer patients. The findings showed that patients in last stage of cancer have high hope and high spiritual well-being than that of other stages. The findings pertaining to gender differences showed that female cancer patients have high level of hope and spiritual well-being as compared to male cancer patients.

Keywords

Successive Stages of Cancer, Spiritual Well-being, Hope, Distress, Quality of Life.

How to Cite this Article?

Sidra Liaquat, Sarwat Sultan and Irshad Hussain (2013). New Horizon Of Spiritual Well-Being And Hope Among Cancer Patients: A Psychological Aspect. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 6(4), 30-35. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.6.4.2185

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