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- The study investigates how belief in divine control affects coping strategies among Latina, African American, and non-Hispanic White breast cancer patients.
- Belief in divine control was linked to positive coping methods across all ethnicities and specifically led to acceptance and reduced avoidance in low-acculturated Latinas.
- The findings suggest that assumptions about fatalism in divine control should be reconsidered, especially regarding racial and ethnic minority communities.
Article Abstract
Background: Belief in divine control is often assumed to be fatalistic. However, the assumption has rarely been investigated in racial/ethnic minorities.
Objectives: This study aims to examine the association between belief in divine control and coping and how the association was moderated by ethnicity/acculturation in a multi-ethnic sample of breast cancer patients.
Methods: Latina, African American, and non-Hispanic White older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer (N=257) from a population-based survey completed the scale of Belief in Divine Control and the Brief COPE.
Results: Belief in divine control was positively related to approach coping (i.e., positive reframing, active coping, and planning) in all ethnic groups. Belief in divine control was positively related to acceptance and negatively related to avoidance coping (i.e., denial and behavioral disengagement) among low-acculturated Latinas.
Conclusions: Negative presumptions about fatalistic implications of belief in divine control should be critically reappraised, especially when such skepticism is applied to racial/ethnic minority patients.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873338 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-012-9358-5 | DOI Listing |
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