Author(s):
1. Shazia Sammad:
Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
2. Samar Fahd:
Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to identify the Relationship between fear of death and marital flourishing among females with breast cancer patient: Mediation of couple communication patterns. A cross sectional quantitative research design was used. A total sample of (N= 370) females with breast cancer participated for data collection. The data collected from Bino cancer Hospital Bahawalpur to explore the relationship between fear of death and marital flourishing among females with breast cancer patient. Besides, the study also investigated couple communication pattern can be positively impacted on breast cancer patients. The measures to collect data included three self-report Questionnaires, namely; Collet-Lester Fear of death Scale (Lester et al., 1969), Marital Flourishing questionnaire (Fahd & Hanif, 2018) and Communication patterns questionnaire (Christensen & Sullaway,1984). Data were analyzed by SPSS 25v. The marital flourishing and communication patterns have significant impact on fear of death. Result sreveal that there was a significant negative correlation of fear of death with Marital flourishing and Couple Communication pattern, and positive correlation between marital flourishing and Couple Communication patterns. The results revealed that the couple communication is fully mediated with the relationship between fear of death and marital flourishing in breast cancer patients. The present study was limited by its cross sectional design, future researchers can adopt Qualitative research to further explore the knowledge in explanation and examine the validity of the study.
Page(s):
41-41
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Abstract Book on Global Science Technology and Management Conference, Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023
Keywords:
Breast Cancer
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Psychological flourishing
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Death anxiety
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Marital Flourishing
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Fear of death
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Breast cancer female patients
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Couple communication patterns
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