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The Relationship Between Religious Coping Style and Anxiety over Breast Cancer in African American Women

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In this study, we investigated the relationship between religious coping style and anxiety related to breast cancer and the use of mammography in a sample of African American women. We also assessed the relationship of breast cancer anxiety to related variables such as church affiliation and attendance, church teachings on health, and acceptance of those teachings.

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  1. Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA

    Janice Bowie, Barbara Curbow & Thomas Laveist

  2. Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA

    Sheila Fitzgerald

  3. Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, USA

    Kenneth Pargament

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Bowie, J., Curbow, B., Laveist, T. et al. The Relationship Between Religious Coping Style and Anxiety over Breast Cancer in African American Women. Journal of Religion and Health 40, 411–422 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012873017657

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