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The Role of Support and Prayer in Enhancing the Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients in Canada
No full textPurpose of the Study
The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of family support, friends\u27 support, community support, and prayer on the psychological well-being of cancer patients in Canada.
Methodology
A survey research method was used in this study. The survey was distributed through the QuestionPro audience and had 721 viewers, 674 respondents, and 400 participants (i.e., those who completed the survey). The survey completion rate was 59.35%, with an average completion time of 9 minutes. Most participants were Christians (62.0%), some were unaffiliated (29.5%), and the remaining participants were either Muslims, World Religion, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. (3.0%) (See Table 2). A quantitative approach, combining multivariate analysis of variance and structural equation modeling, was used to analyse the data.
Results
Four research questions were posed to examine the role of family, friends, faith community, and prayer in enhancing the psychological well-being of cancer patients in Canada. The results indicated significant differences among types of cancer in the linear combination of psychological well-being. They also showed a significant main effect for prayer of Supplication and Confession, a significant Diagnosis time effect for Thanksgiving and Supplication, and a significant interaction effect for the prayer of Reception and Adoration. Greater support from family, friends, and faith community results in more positive psychological well-being (β=.30, p\u3c .001). Prayer partially mediates the influence of support on psychological well-being (β=.197, p\u3c .001). Higher levels of prayer appear to lead to more positive psychological well-being (β=.30, p\u3c .001). Total effects (direct and indirect) explain about 30% (R2=.30) of the variance in psychological well-being.
Conclusion
The objective of this study was to investigate the role of support (from spouse, family, friends, faith community) and prayer in enhancing the psychological well-being of cancer patients in Canada. As such, the researcher has been able to determine the nature of the relationship between psychological well-being and types of cancer, diagnosis time, and the extent to which prayer is related to types of cancer and the year(s) since diagnosis. It was evident that support and prayer are strong predictors of psychological well-being, and that both factors enhance psychological well-being
Predation of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) by killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Guanaja, Honduras
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The Student Movement Volume 110 Issue 9: Admiring Art and Catching the Bus
No full textARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Creating AU\u27s Artful Atmosphere: the AU Art Club, Melanie Webb
Rachel Barton Pine To Perform at HPAC, Michael Orellana
Gestures of Creation: Greg Constantine\u27s Abstract Genesis, Megan Constantine
HUMANS
Committed to Communication: Prof. Walker-Fraser on Educating, Gersh William
NEWS
SILA To Host Annual Winter Wonderland, Ysa Dennis
IDEAS
Where Has All the Color Gone?, Samantha Woolford-Hunt
Grad School Apps Are Not Easy, Michael Orellana
PULSE
Dorm Decor: Winter Edition, Madison Vath
Hot Chocolate: The Perfect Holiday Tradition, Sophia Koh
Survey: Architecture Students Speak Out on Heavy Workload and \u27Huge Troll\u27 on Well-Being, Ysabella Neves
LAST WORD
The Bus, Kara Shepardhttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/sm-110/1008/thumbnail.jp
Loving Legalists? How Adventists Simultaneously Embrace God’s Love and Adhere to Legalistic Beliefs
No full textBased on analysis of the data from the 2017–2018 Global Church Member Survey (GCMS), this article investigates the unique combination of legalistic and loving beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of Seventh-day Adventists. It shows how widespread and culturally variant their beliefs are in relation to legalism while they generally believe in and serve a God with loving characteristics. This article highlights the degree to which cultural influences correlate with legalistic beliefs and how legalistic beliefs relate to the experience of negative emotions and a lack of self-worth/unhappiness
