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Fereshteh Ahmadi1, Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin2, Mohd Taufik Mohammad2
1Department of Social Work and Psychology, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, University of Gävle, 801 76, Gävle, Sweden. faw@hig.se.
Abstract:
The present study aimed to explore the use of meaning-making coping mechanisms (existential, spiritual and religious coping) among ethnic Malay cancer patients in Malaysia and to investigate the impact of culture on their choice of coping methods. Twenty-nine participants with various kinds of cancer were interviewed. Four kinds of coping resources emerged from analyses of the interview transcripts: (1) relying on transcendent power, (2) supernatural or mystical beliefs, (3) finding oneself in relationships with others and (4) nature. In this article, the two first resources are in focus. The present findings suggest that Malay culture, which is imbued with Islamic belief, strongly influences cancer patients' coping methods and ways of looking at their experience of being cancer patients.
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