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Spiritual Belief System Expectations:
Impact on Anxiety and Depression
Judith Schreiber, Principal
Investigator
Funded by American
Cancer Society
(8/2006-7/2008)
Abstract
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Judy Schreiber
(Ph.D. candidate) |
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In the past decade, significant attention has been placed
on the role of spirituality in response to life events
both in the public discourse and in the medical/oncology
field. Many studies have been surveys, defining what the
public perceives as spiritual issues and its global
importance. Researchers in medicine, nursing,
chaplaincy, psychiatry and religious studies have
focused on spirituality and cancer. Research focus areas
include descriptions of spirituality versus religiosity,
correlations between the positive and negative
influences of religion on quality of life, and
psychological correlates. My proposal is designed to look
at relationships among an individual's strength of
belief, their expectations of what their belief system
provides for them, whether or not those expectations are
being met, and the role of anxiety and/or depression on
their experiences.
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$30,000 -
American Cancer Society Pre-doctoral Fellowship
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