Post-traumatic growth in cancer patients: a correlational study in Turkey
Özet
This study aims to evaluate the factors that infuence post-traumatic growth (PTG),
including religious coping and resilience. This descriptive and correlational study
involved 111 cancer patients, followed up at a hematology inpatient clinic of a university hospital in Turkey. Religious coping scale, resilience scale, and PTG inventory were used for data collection. PTG was positively associated with negative
religious coping and was negatively associated with age. PTG scores were higher
for patients without children, who were recently diagnosed, had higher knowledge
about the disease, and used negative religious coping.
