The Effect Of The God Perception On Psychosocial Adjustment In Coronary Artery Patients

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effect of God perception on psychosocial adjustment in coronary artery disease patients. Methods: The descriptive study was conducted with 138 inpatients in the Cardiology clinics of a state hospital. In data collection, ″Descriptive Characteristics Form″, ″Perception of God Scale″ and ″Psychosocial Adjustment Self-Report Scale″ were used. The data were analyzed with the SPSS 21 Package program. Results: The patients included in the study was determined that the mean score of God perception was 100.2±6.7, the mean score of psychosocial adjustment-self-report to the disease was 35.3±18.1, and 52.2% of them showed "good" psychosocial adjustment to the disease. Extended family relationships, family environment and psychological distress sub-dimension mean scores in the psychosocial adjustment-self-report scale were found to be lower. There was no statistically significant relationship between God Perception Scale and Psychosocial Adjustment Self-Report Scale scores (p>0.05). Conclusion: In this study, it was found that coronary artery patients had a loving/love-oriented God perception and had moderate psychosocial adjustment to the disease, psychosocial adjustment to the disease was higher in the areas of extended family relations, family environment and psychological distress, and the perception of God did not affect the psychosocial adjustment to the disease.