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Religious Coping and Depression Among Spouses of People With Lung Cancer

Received Nov. 6, 2001; revision received April 15, 2002; accepted April 26, 2002. From the Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif.; the Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, Ill.; and the Laboratory of Personality and Development, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Address reprint requests to Dr. Duberstein, Laboratory of Personality and Development, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 300 Crittenden Blvd., Rochester, NY 14642; paul_duberstein{at}urmc.rochester.edu (e-mail).

A cancer diagnosis frequently activates a range of coping responses in patients and their spouses and may affect their emotional well-being. The authors hypothesized a curvilinear relationship between religious coping and depression in 156 spouses of lung cancer patients. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted with blocks of variables entered as follows: demographic characteristics; cancer stage; perceived control, self-efficacy, and social support; religious coping (linear); and religious coping squared (quadratic). There was a significant association between religious coping squared and depression. Spouses who used moderate levels of religious coping were rated as less depressed than those who used lower or higher levels.

Key Words: Depression • Cancer • Coping

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