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“Letting go” - Relinquishing control of illness outcomes to God and quality of life: Meaning/peace as a mediating mechanism in religious coping with cancer

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  • Merluzzi, Thomas V.
  • Salamanca-Balen, Natalia
  • Philip, Errol J.
  • Salsman, John M.

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Relinquishing control (RC) of outcomes to God is a long-standing form of religious coping with serious illness. Placing cancer outcomes “in God's hands” has been positively related to coping and quality of life (QOL). However, the mechanisms involved in this relationship have not been established. A serial mediation model [i.e., RC (X)-Meaning/Peace (M1)-Coping Efficacy (M2)-Symptoms, Physical QOL, Functional QOL (Ys)] tested the hypothesis that Meaning/Peace alone and in conjunction with coping would mediate the RC-QOL relationship.

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  • Merluzzi, Thomas V. & Salamanca-Balen, Natalia & Philip, Errol J. & Salsman, John M., 2023. "“Letting go” - Relinquishing control of illness outcomes to God and quality of life: Meaning/peace as a mediating mechanism in religious coping with cancer," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 317(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:317:y:2023:i:c:s0277953622009030
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115597
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