Islamic religiosity, depression and anxiety among Muslim cancer patients

Active religious practice is central to Muslim livelihood. Among Muslims, this religious engagement is rarely studied with regards to its association in coping with critical illnesses. This study investigated the association between Islamic religiosity with depression and anxiety in Muslim cancer...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah, Gan, Chun Hong, Ng, Lai Oon, Kumagai, Shuzo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) 2015
Subjects:	BF636 Applied psychology BL Religion
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spelling	iium-775052020-02-14T02:41:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77505/ Islamic religiosity, depression and anxiety among Muslim cancer patients Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah Gan, Chun Hong Ng, Lai Oon Kumagai, Shuzo BF636 Applied psychology BL Religion Active religious practice is central to Muslim livelihood. Among Muslims, this religious engagement is rarely studied with regards to its association in coping with critical illnesses. This study investigated the association between Islamic religiosity with depression and anxiety in Muslim cancer patients. Fifty-nine cancer patients recruited from a Malaysian public hospital and a cancer support group completed the Muslim Religiosity and Personality Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory in July and August 2010. Islamic religiosity score, obtained from the sum of subscale scores of Islamic worldview and religious personality represents a greater understanding and practice of Islam in a comprehensive manner. Results yielded a significant negative correlation between Islamic religiosity score with both depression and anxiety. Depression was also found to be negatively associated with religious personality subscale. Older patients scored significantly higher on both Islamic worldview and religious personality whereas patients with higher education scored higher on Islamic worldview. Married patients scored significantly higher scores on religious personality than the single patients. Results provided an insight into the significant role of religious intervention which has huge potentials to improve the psychological health of cancer patients particularly Muslims in Malaysia. Research implication includes the call for professionals to meet the spiritual needs of Muslim cancer patients and incorporating religious components in their treatment, especially in palliative care. The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) 2015-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77505/1/IAFOR%20Islamic%20religiosity%2C%20depression%20and%20anxiety%20among%20Muslim%20cancer%20patients.pdf Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah and Gan, Chun Hong and Ng, Lai Oon and Kumagai, Shuzo (2015) Islamic religiosity, depression and anxiety among Muslim cancer patients. IAFOR Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 1 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2187-0675 http://iafor.org/archives/journals/iafor-journal-of-psychology-and-the-behavioral-sciences/10.22492.ijpbs.1.1.04.pdf
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spellingShingle	BF636 Applied psychology BL Religion Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah Gan, Chun Hong Ng, Lai Oon Kumagai, Shuzo Islamic religiosity, depression and anxiety among Muslim cancer patients
description	Active religious practice is central to Muslim livelihood. Among Muslims, this religious engagement is rarely studied with regards to its association in coping with critical illnesses. This study investigated the association between Islamic religiosity with depression and anxiety in Muslim cancer patients. Fifty-nine cancer patients recruited from a Malaysian public hospital and a cancer support group completed the Muslim Religiosity and Personality Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory in July and August 2010. Islamic religiosity score, obtained from the sum of subscale scores of Islamic worldview and religious personality represents a greater understanding and practice of Islam in a comprehensive manner. Results yielded a significant negative correlation between Islamic religiosity score with both depression and anxiety. Depression was also found to be negatively associated with religious personality subscale. Older patients scored significantly higher on both Islamic worldview and religious personality whereas patients with higher education scored higher on Islamic worldview. Married patients scored significantly higher scores on religious personality than the single patients. Results provided an insight into the significant role of religious intervention which has huge potentials to improve the psychological health of cancer patients particularly Muslims in Malaysia. Research implication includes the call for professionals to meet the spiritual needs of Muslim cancer patients and incorporating religious components in their treatment, especially in palliative care.
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author	Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah Gan, Chun Hong Ng, Lai Oon Kumagai, Shuzo
author_facet	Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah Gan, Chun Hong Ng, Lai Oon Kumagai, Shuzo
author_sort	Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah
title	Islamic religiosity, depression and anxiety among Muslim cancer patients
title_short	Islamic religiosity, depression and anxiety among Muslim cancer patients
title_full	Islamic religiosity, depression and anxiety among Muslim cancer patients
title_fullStr	Islamic religiosity, depression and anxiety among Muslim cancer patients
title_full_unstemmed	Islamic religiosity, depression and anxiety among Muslim cancer patients
title_sort	islamic religiosity, depression and anxiety among muslim cancer patients
publisher	The International Academic Forum (IAFOR)
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77505/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77505/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77505/1/IAFOR%20Islamic%20religiosity%2C%20depression%20and%20anxiety%20among%20Muslim%20cancer%20patients.pdf
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