Attitude towards Stress of Cancer and Cardiac Patients

Authors

  • Md Azibar Rahman Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Shalua Degree College, Rajshahi
  • Shawkat Ara Ex-Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Rajshahi
  • Md Enamul Haque Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Rajshahi
  • Mohd Ashik Shahrier Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Chittagong

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jles.v7i0.20119

Keywords:

Attitude, stress, cancer, cardiac, gender, SES

Abstract

The study focused on exploring the attitude towards stress of cancer and cardiac patients as related to gender and SES. The sample of the study comprised of 360 respondents selected purposively. Attitude towards Stress Scale (Rahman, 2010) was used for data collection. The sample was equally divided into three categories-cancer, cardiac and normal on the basis of type of individuals (N=120 for each category).Again they were equally subdivided into male and female on the basis of gender (N=60 for each group).Each category was again equally subdivided into lower middle and upper middle on the basis of SES (N=30 for each group). Results analyzed through ANOVA revealed that the main effects for type of individuals, gender and SES were statistically significant. That is, both cancer and cardiac patients expressed higher stress attitudes as compared to normal individuals, females expressed higher stress attitudes as compared to males and lower middle SES individuals expressed higher stress attitudes as compared to upper middle SES. Again interaction effect of a three-way analysis of variance involving type of individual, gender and SES was statistically significant.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jles.v7i0.20119

J. Life Earth Sci., Vol. 7: 33-41, 2012

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Published

2014-08-22

How to Cite

Rahman, M. A., Ara, S., Haque, M. E., & Shahrier, M. A. (2014). Attitude towards Stress of Cancer and Cardiac Patients. Journal of Life and Earth Science, 7, 33–41. https://doi.org/10.3329/jles.v7i0.20119

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Vol. 7 (2012)

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