Nikfarid Lida, Rassouli Maryam, Borimnejad Leili, Alavimajd Hamid
1 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2 Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2018 May;35(3):188-198. doi: 10.1177/1043454217748597. Epub 2017 Dec 31.
Religious coping is one of the most frequently used coping methods in parents of children with cancer. This study aims to explain dimensions of religious coping in mothers of children with cancer in Iran.
In this qualitative content analysis, using purposeful sampling, 8 mothers of children with cancer were selected and interviewed. When saturation was achieved, data were analyzed through directed content analysis. Primary and secondary codes were placed in prelabeled categories and subcategories based on Pargament's religious coping theory.
The participants of the study used coping methods in 4 of the 5 objectives of religious coping, that are meaning, control, comfort, and intimacy with others and closeness to God. Three of the most frequent used coping methods by the participants were "Punishing God Reappraisal," "Pleading for Direct Intercession," and "Benevolent Religious Reappraisal," respectively. None of the participants used religious coping methods for its function of "life transformation."
As suggested by Pargament's theory of religious coping, the dynamic, multidimensional process of religious coping has a culture-based pattern with unpredictable outcomes. Despite many similarities between religious coping in a Shia Muslim society and other studied ones, some differences are observed. Further studies are needed to show the potential evidence of the concept in relation to cultural diversity and religious differences.
宗教应对是癌症患儿父母最常用的应对方式之一。本研究旨在阐释伊朗癌症患儿母亲宗教应对的维度。
在这项定性内容分析中，采用目的抽样法，选取8位癌症患儿的母亲进行访谈。达到饱和后，通过定向内容分析对数据进行分析。根据帕加蒙特的宗教应对理论，将一级和二级编码归入预先设定的类别和子类别。
本研究的参与者在宗教应对的5个目标中的4个目标上采用了应对方式，即意义、控制、安慰、与他人的亲密关系以及与上帝的亲近。参与者最常使用的三种应对方式分别是“惩罚上帝重新评价”“祈求直接干预”和“仁慈的宗教重新评价”。没有参与者将宗教应对方式用于其“生活转变”的功能。
正如帕加蒙特的宗教应对理论所表明的，宗教应对的动态、多维度过程具有基于文化的模式，结果不可预测。尽管什叶派穆斯林社会中的宗教应对与其他已研究的宗教应对有许多相似之处，但也存在一些差异。需要进一步的研究来揭示该概念在文化多样性和宗教差异方面的潜在证据。
