Department of Applied Psychology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Department of Professional Psychology, Bahria University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan.
J Relig Health. 2022 Apr;61(2):1418-1436. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01415-2. Epub 2021 Sep 12.
Optimism and the practice of any religion are known to reduce depression and anxiety in cancer patients. In the present study, the specific role of Muslim religiosity, optimism, depression, and death anxiety in cancer patients has been explored. The sample of this study consisted of 200 cancer patients from different hospitals of the districts Faisalabad and Lahore (Pakistan). The sample's average age was 26.6 years. Parallel mediation findings show that optimism and depression are significant mediators between Muslim religiosity and death anxiety among cancer patients. Muslim religiosity is positively associated with optimism, and it helps to decrease the level of death anxiety, while depression is negatively associated with Muslim religiosity, and high depression increases the death anxiety level of cancer patients. In conclusion, Muslim religiosity and optimism play significant roles in managing depressive symptoms and death anxiety among cancer patients.
乐观主义和任何宗教的实践都被认为可以减轻癌症患者的抑郁和焦虑。在本研究中，探讨了穆斯林宗教信仰、乐观主义、抑郁和死亡焦虑在癌症患者中的具体作用。本研究的样本包括来自巴基斯坦费萨拉巴德和拉合尔（巴基斯坦）不同医院的 200 名癌症患者。样本的平均年龄为 26.6 岁。平行中介效应发现表明，乐观主义和抑郁是穆斯林宗教信仰与癌症患者死亡焦虑之间的重要中介因素。穆斯林宗教信仰与乐观主义呈正相关，有助于降低死亡焦虑水平，而抑郁与穆斯林宗教信仰呈负相关，高抑郁水平会增加癌症患者的死亡焦虑水平。总之，穆斯林宗教信仰和乐观主义在管理癌症患者的抑郁症状和死亡焦虑方面发挥着重要作用。
