Purpose of life in family caregivers of people diagnosed with cancer

Authors

  • Julio César Huamani Cahua Universidad Católica San Pablo, Arequipa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/avpsicol.2017.v25n1.137

Keywords:

Purpose of life, cancer, family caregiver

Abstract

In this study we explore the purpose of life in 101 family caregivers of people diagnosed with cancer, selected by non-probabilistic sampled from Cancer Diseases Regional Institute at Arequipa. The sample was conformed by 58,4% female people and 41,6% male. The instrument used was Purpose in Life Test (Crumbaugh & Maholick, 1968), adapted for Noblejas (2000) in Latino sample. We found a purpose in life which indicates a clear existential aim in the 55,4% of the caregivers, without differences by age, type and cancer gravity. Although, there are significant diff erences by sex (p< 0.05), so the males have high er scores than women in perception of sense, goals and duties. Moreover, we observed that 9% of the caregivers have existential emptiness and absence of purpose in life, being the most of them, females.

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Author Biography

Julio César Huamani Cahua, Universidad Católica San Pablo, Arequipa

Licenciado en Psicología por la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín. Magíster en Psicología clínica, educativa infantil y adolescencial, Doctor en Psicología y Doctor en Ciencias Sociales por la misma universidad. Coautor de los libros: El artículo científico. Guía para su redacción (2016) y ¿Cómo redactar la tesis y el artículo científico según el estilo APA? Aspectos prácticos para su aplicación (2016). Docente de la profesor la Universidad Católica San Pablo.

Published

2017-11-26

How to Cite

Huamani Cahua, J. C. (2017). Purpose of life in family caregivers of people diagnosed with cancer. Avances En Psicología, 25(1), 97–106. https://doi.org/10.33539/avpsicol.2017.v25n1.137