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Relationships between quality of life, spiritual well-being, and psychological adjustment styles for people living with leukaemia: An exploratory study Moira O'Connor a; Andrew Guilfoyle b; Lauren Breen a; Firdaus Mukhardt a; Colleen Fisher c a School of Psychology, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia b The centre for Psychological Research, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia c School of Exercise, Biomedical & Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia
Online Publication Date: 01 November 2007 To cite this Article: O'Connor, Moira, Guilfoyle, Andrew, Breen, Lauren, Mukhardt, Firdaus and Fisher, Colleen (2007) 'Relationships between quality of life, spiritual well-being, and psychological adjustment styles for people living with leukaemia: An exploratory study', Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 10:6, 631 647 To link to this article: DOI: 10.1080/13674670601078221 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13674670601078221
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Mental Health, Religion & Culture November 2007; 10(6): 631–647
Relationships between quality of life, spiritual well-being, and psychological adjustment styles for people living with leukaemia: An exploratory study MOIRA O’CONNOR1, ANDREW GUILFOYLE2, LAUREN BREEN1, FIRDAUS MUKHARDT1, & COLLEEN FISHER3 1
School of Psychology, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia, 2The centre for Psychological Research, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia, and 3School of Exercise, Biomedical & Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia
Abstract This paper reports on the relationships between quality of life, spiritual well-being, and psychological adjustment styles for people living with leukaemia. Participants were 40 adults (26 women and 14 men) aged between 22 and 80 years living with acute or chronic leukaemia in Western Australia. Participants completed three scales measuring spiritual well-being (FACIT-Sp-12-C Version 4; Cella, 1997), psychological adjustment styles (MAC; Watson, Greer, & Bliss, 1989), and quality of life (FACIT-G; Cella, 1997). No differences were found between the men and women participants, with the exception of the anxious preoccupation adjustment style. Significant positive correlations were found between spiritual well-being and quality of life (r ¼ 0.72, p ¼ 0.05) or psychological adjustment and quality of life (r ¼ 0.19, p > 0.05) and thus an examination of particular sub-scales proved more useful. Of the psychological adjustment subscales, fighting spirit was significantly positively correlated with spiritual well-being (r ¼ 0.55, p < 0.01) and quality of life (r ¼ 0.67, p < 0.01). The hopeless/helpless style was significantly negatively correlated with spiritual well-being (r ¼ 0.48, p < 0.01) and quality of life (r ¼ 0.34, p < 0.05). Fatalism was significantly negatively correlated with spiritual well-being (r ¼ 0.63, p ¼
