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Secular existential meaning-making coping among cancer patients in Portugal: A qualitative study
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology, Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8823-6434
Center for Psychology at the University of Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal.
Center for Psychology at the University of Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal.
Department of Psychology, Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Algarve, Portugal.
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2022 (English)In: Illness, crisis and loss, ISSN 1054-1373, E-ISSN 1552-6968, Vol. 30, no 1, p. 68-88Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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For understanding the role of culture in coping in different cultural settings, we have conducted studies among cancer patients in 10 countries, within the framework of an international study on meaning-making coping. This article reports on part of the results we obtained from a study in Portugal; specifically, the reported findings are restricted to nonreligious/spiritual coping methods, methods we call secular existential meaning-making coping. The main aim is to identify the diversity of coping methods using a cultural lens. Thirty-one participants with various kinds of cancer were interviewed. Six different kinds of coping methods related to secular existential coping emerged from thematic analyses of the interviews: discourse of the self, positive solitude, nature, positive transformational orientation, body–mind relationship, and working. Findings revealed that these six methods facilitated patients’ psychological adaptation to the oncological disease. The findings suggest the importance of considering cultural and social context when exploring coping strategies among cancer patients. 

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Sage Publications, 2022. Vol. 30, no 1, p. 68-88
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cancer patients, culture, meaning-making coping, secular existential coping
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-30578DOI: 10.1177/1054137319864854Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85070295982OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-30578DiVA, id: diva2:1346967
Available from: 2019-08-29 Created: 2019-08-29 Last updated: 2021-10-21Bibliographically approved

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