Prediction of Post Traumatic Growth based on Gratitude and Perceived Social Support in Women with Blood Cancer

Blood cancer is the fifth common cancer in adults that can be threatening. The aim of this study was to predict the Post Traumatic Growth based on gratitude and social support in women with blood cancer.

The research design was correlational with a predictive aim based on regression method. 82 women with blood cancer were recruited from both inpatients and outpatients’ settings in Namazi hospital and Mottahari clinic using convenient sampling procedure. Measures were Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (Tedeschi and Calhoun, 1996), the Gratitude Questionnaire (Goodarzi, Noori & Marzooghi, 1393) and Perceived Social Support Questionnaire (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet & Farley, 1988). Findings gratitude and social support were significantly correlated with Post Traumatic Growth and prediction was also significant.

it can be concluded that promoting gratitude in these patients and providing social support for them might contribute to Post Traumatic Growth.