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The relationship between social support and life stress coping strategies for breast cancer patients

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Last updated: 20 Jan 2025

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Breast cancer is classified as one of the most s dangerous cancers affecting women in both developed and developing countries. Given the seriousness of this disease and its association with the mortality risk, contracting this disease is linked to many social challenges. The study aims to determine the relationship between social support and life stress coping strategies among breast cancer patients. It belongs to the type of descriptive study using the social survey method that includes a comprehensive enumeration of 140 breast cancer patients. The findings indicate a positive, statistically significant relationship between social support and coping strategies for life stress among these patients across all dimensions, with a level of significance 0.01. Additionally, there are statistically significant differences between working and non-working breast cancer patients on both scales of the study, with a significance level of 0.01, favoring working women.

DOI

10.21608/ejsw.2024.315479.1222

Keywords

social support, Life stress coping strategies, BREAST CANCER PATIENTS

Authors

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Yassmin

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Ayman

Affiliation

Faculty of Social work- Helwan university

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yassmin.ayman92@gmail.com

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19

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1

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52848

Issue Date

2025-01-01

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2024-08-25

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2025-01-01

Page Start

207

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228

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2356-9204

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2356-9212

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https://ejsw.journals.ekb.eg/article_403463.html

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628

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Egyptian Journal of Social Work

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https://ejsw.journals.ekb.eg/

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The relationship between social support and life stress coping strategies for breast cancer patients

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20 Jan 2025