{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,20]],"date-time":"2026-01-20T16:38:27Z","timestamp":1768927107534,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":24,"publisher":"MDPI AG","issue":"11","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,18]],"date-time":"2017-11-18T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1510963200000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Religions"],"abstract":"<jats:p>This research aimed to evaluate the level of Spiritual\/Religious Coping (SRC) of women with breast cancer. This is a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study. A total of 94 mastectomized women who participated in the study were enrolled in a rehabilitation center of a higher education institution of S\u00e3o Paulo. Data were collected from October 2013 to June 2014 using a questionnaire with sociodemographic, clinical, and spiritual\/religious data, stressor stimulus associated with breast cancer, and the SRCOPE-Short Scale. All participants used SRC, 76.6% at high\/very high level, and 23.4% at medium level; positive SRC (mean 3.41; standard deviation 0.59) was more used than negative SRC (mean 1.27; standard deviation 0.40), confirmed by the NSRC\/PSRC ratio (mean 0.38; standard deviation 0.14). The SRC proved to be an important coping strategy in stress situations experienced by women with breast cancer and helpful in coping with the disease and the consequences of the treatments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rel8110254","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,20]],"date-time":"2017-11-20T11:35:45Z","timestamp":1511177745000},"page":"254","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Spiritual\/Religious Coping of Women with Breast Cancer"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Mariana","family":"Borges","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Nursing School of Ribeir\u00e3o Preto, University of S\u00e3o Paulo\u2014EERP-USP and Est\u00e1cio University Center-RP, S\u00e3o Paulo 14040-902, Brazil"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9804-2297","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"S\u00edlvia","family":"Caldeira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Health Sciences, Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa, Lisbon 1649-023, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Edilaine","family":"Loyola-Caetano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nursing School of Ribeir\u00e3o Preto, University of S\u00e3o Paulo\u2014EERP-USP, S\u00e3o Paulo 14040-902, Brazil"}]},{"given":"Paola","family":"Magalh\u00e3es","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nursing School of Ribeir\u00e3o Preto, University of S\u00e3o Paulo\u2014EERP-USP and Sesc-Catanduva, S\u00e3o Paulo 15801-321, Brazil"}]},{"given":"Felipe","family":"Areco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nursing School of Ribeir\u00e3o Preto, University of S\u00e3o Paulo\u2014EERP-USP and Advanced Center of Oncology of S\u00e3o Francisco Hospital-RP, S\u00e3o Paulo 14010-170, Brazil"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2619-8740","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marislei","family":"Panobianco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nursing School of Ribeir\u00e3o Preto, University of S\u00e3o Paulo\u2014EERP-USP, S\u00e3o Paulo 14040-902, Brazil"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"314","article-title":"Espiritualidade na equipe interdisciplinar que atua em cuidados paliativos \u00e0s pessoas com c\u00e2ncer","volume":"10","author":"Arrieira","year":"2011","journal-title":"Ci\u00eancia, Cuidado e Sa\u00fade"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"Bonassa, Edva M. A., and Gato, Maria In\u00eas R. (2012). Terap\u00eautica Oncol\u00f3gica para Enfermeiros e Farmac\u00eauticos, Atheneu. [4th ed.]. (In Portuguese)."},{"key":"ref_3","unstructured":"Minist\u00e9rio da Sa\u00fade-INCA (Instituto Nacional de C\u00e2ncer Jos\u00e9 Alencar Gomes da Silva) (2015, September 14). INCA discute espiritualidade no tratamento do c\u00e2ncer, (In Portuguese)."},{"key":"ref_4","first-page":"483","article-title":"Espiritualidade na imin\u00eancia da morte: estrat\u00e9gia adotada para humanizar o cuidar em enfermagem","volume":"21","author":"Brito","year":"2013","journal-title":"Revista Enfermagem UERJ"},{"key":"ref_5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"25","DOI":"10.12707\/RII1066","article-title":"De um novo paradigma na gest\u00e3o dos enfermeiros: a espiritualidade no local de trabalho","volume":"s\u00e9rie III","author":"Caldeira","year":"2011","journal-title":"Revista de Enfermagem Refer\u00eancia"},{"key":"ref_6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"93","DOI":"10.1590\/S0103-21002013000100015","article-title":"Qualidade de vida e desempenho de atividades cotidianas ap\u00f3s o tratamento das neoplasias mam\u00e1rias","volume":"26","author":"Fangel","year":"2013","journal-title":"Acta Paulista de Enfermagem [online]"},{"key":"ref_7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"173","DOI":"10.24302\/sma.v1i1.227","article-title":"A influ\u00eancia da religiosidade\/espiritualidade na qualidade de vida das pessoas com c\u00e2ncer","volume":"1","author":"Geronasso","year":"2012","journal-title":"Sa\u00fade e Meio Ambiente"},{"key":"ref_8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"56","DOI":"10.1080\/13548506.2012.679738","article-title":"The effect of spiritual therapy for improving the quality of life of women with breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial","volume":"18","author":"Jafari","year":"2013","journal-title":"Psychology, Health and Medicine"},{"key":"ref_9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"513","DOI":"10.1097\/00005053-199809000-00001","article-title":"Religious coping and health status in medically ill hospitalized older adults","volume":"186","author":"Koenig","year":"1998","journal-title":"The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease"},{"key":"ref_10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"550","DOI":"10.1007\/s10865-011-9335-7","article-title":"Understanding religious and spiritual influences on adjustment to cancer: individual patterns and differences","volume":"34","author":"Kristeller","year":"2011","journal-title":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine"},{"key":"ref_11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1706","DOI":"10.1007\/s10943-013-9750-x","article-title":"\u201cTrust in the Lord\u201d: Religious and spiritual practices of African American breast cancer survivors","volume":"53","author":"Lynn","year":"2014","journal-title":"Journal of Religion and Health"},{"key":"ref_12","first-page":"1","article-title":"A utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o do enfrentamento religioso\/espiritual por pacientes com c\u00e2ncer em tratamento quimioter\u00e1pico","volume":"21","author":"Mesquita","year":"2013","journal-title":"Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem"},{"key":"ref_13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"351","DOI":"10.5902\/217976922943","article-title":"Mulheres mastectomizadas: Viv\u00eancias frente ao c\u00e2ncer de mama","volume":"1","author":"Mistura","year":"2011","journal-title":"Revista de Enfermagem da UFSM [online]"},{"key":"ref_14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"52","DOI":"10.1590\/S0104-07072013000100007","article-title":"Espiritualidade e religiosidade na perspectiva de enfermeiros","volume":"22","author":"Nascimento","year":"2013","journal-title":"Texto & Contexto Enfermagem"},{"key":"ref_15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"507","DOI":"10.1590\/S1413-73722005000300019","article-title":"Escala de coping religioso-espiritual (escala CRE): Elabora\u00e7\u00e3o e valida\u00e7\u00e3o de construto","volume":"10","author":"Panzini","year":"2005","journal-title":"Psicologia em Estudo"},{"key":"ref_16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"126","DOI":"10.1590\/S0101-60832007000700016","article-title":"Coping (enfrentamento) religioso\/espiritual","volume":"34","author":"Panzini","year":"2007","journal-title":"Revista de Psiquiatria Cl\u00ednica"},{"key":"ref_17","unstructured":"Pargament, Kenneth I. (1997). The Psychology of Religion and Coping: Theory, Research, Practice, Guilford Press."},{"key":"ref_18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"519","DOI":"10.1002\/(SICI)1097-4679(200004)56:4<519::AID-JCLP6>3.0.CO;2-1","article-title":"The many methods of religious coping: development and initial validation of the RCOPE","volume":"56","author":"Pargament","year":"2000","journal-title":"Journal of Clinical Psychology [online]"},{"key":"ref_19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"619","DOI":"10.32635\/2176-9745.RBC.2012v58n4.564","article-title":"Enfrentamento e resili\u00eancia de pacientes em tratamento quimioter\u00e1pico e seus familiares","volume":"58","author":"Rodrigues","year":"2012","journal-title":"Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia"},{"key":"ref_20","first-page":"509","article-title":"Spirituality, religion and personal beliefs of adolescents with cancer","volume":"68","author":"Souza","year":"2015","journal-title":"Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem"},{"key":"ref_21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"640","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2354.2011.01260.x","article-title":"Moving inwards, moving outwards, moving upwards: The role of spirituality during the early stages of breast cancer","volume":"20","author":"Swinton","year":"2011","journal-title":"European Journal of Cancer Care"},{"key":"ref_22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"646","DOI":"10.1002\/pon.3048","article-title":"Religious\/spiritual coping resources and their relationship with adjustment in patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK","volume":"22","author":"Stygall","year":"2013","journal-title":"Psycho-Oncology [online]"},{"key":"ref_23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"838","DOI":"10.1590\/S0080-62342012000400008","article-title":"Coping religioso\/espiritual em pessoas com doen\u00e7a renal cr\u00f4nica em tratamento hemodial\u00edtico","volume":"46","author":"Valcanti","year":"2012","journal-title":"Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP"},{"key":"ref_24","first-page":"421","article-title":"Coping religioso\/espiritual em mulheres com c\u00e2ncer de mama","volume":"65","author":"Veit","year":"2013","journal-title":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia [online]"}],"container-title":["Religions"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2077-1444\/8\/11\/254\/pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,11]],"date-time":"2025-10-11T18:50:12Z","timestamp":1760208612000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2077-1444\/8\/11\/254"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,18]]},"references-count":24,"journal-issue":{"issue":"11","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,11]]}},"alternative-id":["rel8110254"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rel8110254","relation":{},"ISSN":["2077-1444"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2077-1444","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,18]]}}}