Predicting Life Expectancy Based on Self-Efficacy and Psychological Hardiness in Cancer Patients

Zahra Askari; Maryam Rahimian; Mohammad Hossein Alishahi

doi:10.63053/ijhes.80

Authors

Zahra Askari Master of Clinical psychology,shiraz University, shiraz, Iran
Maryam Rahimian Master of Clinical psychology,shiraz University, shiraz, Iran
Mohammad Hossein Alishahi Master of General Psychology, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63053/ijhes.80

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between life expectancy, psychological hardiness, and self-efficacy in cancer patients. The statistical population of this study consisted of all cancer patients residing in Shiraz in 1402 (2023). Using a non-random sampling method, 150 patients were selected and voluntarily responded to the questionnaires. This research is descriptive and correlational. Three scales were used to measure the variables: Snyder's Adult Hope Scale, Kobasa's Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire, and Jerusalem and Schwartz's Self-Efficacy Scale. Data analysis was performed using the simultaneous multiple regression method. The data analysis confirmed all three hypotheses of the research. Thus, self-efficacy and psychological hardiness can predict life expectancy in cancer patients (p < 0.001). Accordingly, the coefficient of determination was 0.52. Of these two variables, the share of the psychological hardiness variable in predicting life expectancy was greater than that of self-efficacy.

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