God Attachment: Resource or Complication in Women’s and Their Partners’ Adjustment to the Threat of Breast Cancer

This study explored the role of adult attachment and God attachment in women’s and their partners’ adjustment to the threat of breast cancer. Women and their partners were assessed on their adult attachment, God attachment, empathic coping and couple adjustment prior to the women receiving their bre...

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VerfasserInnen: Gall, Terry Lynn 1960- (VerfasserIn) ; Bilodeau, Cynthia (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2021
In: Journal of religion and health
Jahr: 2021, Band: 60, Heft: 6, Seiten: 4227-4248
weitere Schlagwörter:B Women
B Partners
B Attachment
B Coping
B Breast Cancer
B God
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Zusammenfassung:This study explored the role of adult attachment and God attachment in women’s and their partners’ adjustment to the threat of breast cancer. Women and their partners were assessed on their adult attachment, God attachment, empathic coping and couple adjustment prior to the women receiving their breast biopsy results. Results showed that a secure God attachment buffered the effects of an anxious adult attachment on the use of empathic coping for women and their partners. In addition, findings revealed that an avoidant God attachment potentially undermined the effects of a secure adult attachment on the use of empathic coping for women. For partners, an avoidant God attachment was directly related to a lesser use of empathic coping and a lower level of couple adjustment. In conclusion, findings revealed that God attachment can have implications for each partner’s ability to remain empathic and satisfied in their couple relationship when faced with the threat of breast cancer.
ISSN:1573-6571
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-021-01331-5