Seeking Social Support and Religious Spiritual Coping as Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth Among Egyptian Breast Cancer Survivors

Marwa Mohammad Ahmed; Soheir Fahim Elghobashy; Noha Yahya Ibrahim

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Seeking Social Support and Religious Spiritual Coping as Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth Among Egyptian Breast Cancer Survivors

Marwa Mohammad Ahmed, Soheir Fahim Elghobashy, Noha Yahya Ibrahim

Published in American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 11, Issue 5)

Received: 19 August 2022 Accepted: 13 September 2022 Published: 21 September 2022

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The current study aims to identify the priorities for seeking social support among a sample of breast cancer survivors and to reveal to what extent seeking social support and religious spiritual coping can predict posttraumatic growth. Depending on the cross-sectional descriptive method, in a sample of 60 Egyptian female breast cancer survivors, the age ranged from 32 to 59 years, with a mean of "47.2 years" and a standard deviation of "6.6" years. 69% of the sample was from a medium socioeconomic level, and the number of education years ranged from 9 to 16 years. 80% of them were married. They have been diagnosed with breast cancer in stages I, II, and III. During the follow-up period, the time since diagnosis ranged from one to five years. By using the following tools prepared by the researchers: Posttraumatic Growth list, Seeking Social Support List, and Spiritual Religious Coping scale, the results find that support is sought mainly by the husbands and children of breast cancer survivors. The simple linear regression shows that religious spiritual coping was a significant predictor of posttraumatic growth, while the degree of seeking social support was not. The discussion was directed in light of Calhoun and Tedeschi's comprehensive model of posttraumatic growth, and the cultural factors of the phenomenon of posttraumatic growth.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 11, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajap.20221105.12
Page(s)	133-141
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Posttraumatic Growth, Seeking Social Support, Religious Spiritual Coping, Breast Cancer Survivals, Breast Cancer, Support Resources

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Marwa Mohammad Ahmed, Soheir Fahim Elghobashy, Noha Yahya Ibrahim. Seeking Social Support and Religious Spiritual Coping as Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth Among Egyptian Breast Cancer Survivors. Am J Appl Psychol. 2022;11(5):133-141. doi: 10.11648/j.ajap.20221105.12

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Marwa Mohammad Ahmed

Sawa Center for Counselling and Training, Cairo, Egypt
Soheir Fahim Elghobashy

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Noha Yahya Ibrahim

Department of Clinical Oncology, Kasr Al-Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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