Schreiber Judith A, Edward Jean
School of Nursing, University of Louisville, 555 S. Floyd St., #4057, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA,
J Relig Health. 2015 Apr;54(2):612-22. doi: 10.1007/s10943-014-9862-y.
Religion and spirituality are much studied coping mechanisms; however, their relationship to changes in behaviors, relationships, and goals is unclear. This study explored the impact of a breast cancer diagnosis on religion/faith and changes in behaviors, relationship, or goals. In this qualitative study, women, who participated in a larger, quantitative study, completed written responses to questions regarding the role of religion/faith in their lives, the impact of their diagnosis on their image of God and on faith/religious beliefs, and any changes in behaviors, relationships, or life goals were examined. Based on previous findings noting differences in psychological outcomes based on a higher (HE) or lesser (LE) engaged view of God, 28 (14 HE; 14 LE) women were included in the analysis. Awareness of life and its fleeting nature was common to all. Ensuing behaviors varied from a need to focus on self-improvement-egocentrism (LE)-to a need to focus on using their experiences to help others-altruism (HE). Study results suggest that seemingly small, but highly meaningful, differences based on one's worldview result in considerably different attitudinal and behavioral outcomes.
宗教和精神信仰是备受研究的应对机制；然而，它们与行为、人际关系及目标变化之间的关系尚不明晰。本研究探讨了乳腺癌诊断对宗教/信仰以及行为、人际关系或目标变化的影响。在这项定性研究中，参与一项规模更大的定量研究的女性，就宗教/信仰在其生活中的作用、诊断对她们上帝形象及信仰/宗教信念的影响，以及行为、人际关系或生活目标的任何变化等问题完成了书面回答。基于先前研究发现，根据对上帝的参与度较高（HE）或较低（LE）的观点，心理结果存在差异，分析纳入了28名女性（14名HE；14名LE）。对生命及其转瞬即逝本质的认知在所有人中都很常见。随后出现的行为各不相同，从关注自我提升的利己主义需求（LE）到关注利用自身经历帮助他人的利他主义需求（HE）。研究结果表明，基于一个人的世界观看似微小但极具意义的差异，会导致态度和行为结果有很大不同。
