Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Oct 2020
Randomized Controlled TrialReligious Coping in Cancer: A quantitative analysis of expressive writing samples from patients with renal cell carcinoma.
Past religiosity/spirituality (R/S) research has mainly relied on self-report instruments, which may result in self-presentation and defensive biases. ⋯ Behavioral coding of EW samples supported the literature suggesting that positive RC is common among patients with cancer. Although negative RC may be relatively rare, it may be associated with psychological distress.