Religiosity, Psychological Resilience, and Mental Health Among Breast Cancer Patients in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Nawal A Al Eid; Mohammed Mj Alqahtani; Khaldoun Marwa; Boshra A Arnout; Hajar S Alswailem; Al Anoud Al Toaimi

doi:10.1177/1178223420903054

Religiosity, Psychological Resilience, and Mental Health Among Breast Cancer Patients in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Breast Cancer (Auckl). 2020 Mar 17:14:1178223420903054. doi: 10.1177/1178223420903054. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Nawal A Al Eid¹, Mohammed Mj Alqahtani², Khaldoun Marwa³, Boshra A Arnout^{2

4}, Hajar S Alswailem⁵, Al Anoud Al Toaimi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Arts, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Psychology, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
⁵ Department of Islamic Culture, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Department of Business Administration, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the correlations of religiosity and psychological resilience with mental health among cancer patients and to examine whether religiosity and psychological resilience can predict mental health.

Method: The sample consisted of 329 patients. Researchers applied Islamic Religiosity Scale, Wagnild and Young Resilience Scale, and the scale of Hospital Anxiety and Depression.

Results: The results showed that there are positive, statistically significant correlations between religiosity and psychological resilience, while there were negative, statistically significant correlations of religiosity and psychological resilience with mental health. And there are correlations between the alternative therapeutic interventions currently used to religiosity and psychological resilience, while there were no statistically significant correlations between alternative therapeutic interventions that the patient will use in the future to religiosity and psychological resilience. The results also revealed the possibility of predicting mental health through religiosity and psychological resilience.

Conclusion: These results emphasized the importance of increased religiosity and psychological resilience among cancer patients.

Keywords: Cancer; alternative therapeutic interventions; anxiety; depression; psychological resilience; religiosity.