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Religious and Other Predictors of Psychosocial Adjustment in Cancer Patients

Received November 20, 1997; revised February 11, 1997; accepted July 30, 1999. From Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Glen Oaks, New York; and the Department of Psychiatry, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, New York. Address reprint requests to Dr. Rifkin, Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY 11004.

The authors tested the hypothesis that religious variables, such as a person's belief that his/her illness was God's will, would predict psychosocial adjustment in 50 patients who were predominantly Catholic Hispanic women attending a medical oncology clinic (42 women, 8 men). The patients were free of an Axis I mental disorder, cognitive impairment, and severe pain and were not undergoing intensive chemotherapy. By using the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale as the outcome measure, the authors found few associations with religious variables, but many to clinical variables.

Key Words: Religion • Psychosocial Adjustment • Cancer

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