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Patel, Kirti N.

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Working with paradoxes: Moving from dialectical opposition to interdependent growth in culturally diverse female cancer survivors.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Working with paradoxes: Moving from dialectical opposition to interdependent growth in culturally diverse female cancer survivors./
Author:	Patel, Kirti N.
Description:	170 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-03(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International74-03B(E).
Subject:	Psychology, Clinical. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3541847
ISBN:	9781267686329

Working with paradoxes: Moving from dialectical opposition to interdependent growth in culturally diverse female cancer survivors.
Patel, Kirti N.

Working with paradoxes: Moving from dialectical opposition to interdependent growth in culturally diverse female cancer survivors. - 170 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-03(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 2012.

This qualitative study explored the experience of paradox, as part of a change process, within a larger Psycho-Spiritual Integrative Therapy (PSIT) intervention. Paradoxes may reflect a place of ambiguity, inconsistency and/or uncertainty for breast cancer survivors who may be engaging in multiple transitions. The participants practiced compassionate acceptance and empathy when they worked with paradoxes, which fostered a process of values clarification and meaning-making in PSIT. Previous research established the presence of paradoxes in European Caucasian cancer survivors, but the role of paradoxes among culturally diverse breast cancer survivors, or among participants in an intervention such as PSIT, was not examined. This study examined the experience of 12 breast cancer survivors (6 culturally diverse/6 European Caucasian) who participated in an 8-week PSIT intervention and completed 1 follow-up interview. Three specific research questions are asked in this research. First, which of the paradoxes identified in the previous study were experienced by breast cancer survivors in the current study? Second, what new paradoxes emerged from the 12 participants' responses? Third, how did culturally diverse women expand the range of paradoxes in the PSIT intervention? This third question aimed to contribute to an under-researched area: culturally diverse breast cancer survivors. The study used a qualitative methodology, based on a thematic analysis of 12 participant interviews, in order to identify paradox themes and subthemes among breast cancer survivors. Findings included the following: (a) the PSIT group replicated 2 paradox themes, named in the previous study including Maintaining Coherence between Old and New Ways and Identifying Spiritual Growth; (b) the PSIT participants expanded the range of paradoxes beyond a binary (either/or) construction to include an interdependent (both/and) connection in paradoxes. They extended the range of paradox with 10 new paradox themes including New Paths of Empowerment, Spiritual Edges and Tensions and Interconnection within Paradoxes; (c) the culturally diverse PSIT participants extended the range of paradoxes by focusing on balance within paradoxes and multidimensionality, or 3-part paradoxes. They expanded the range of paradoxes by including subthemes that reflected their insight gained through witness consciousness (neutral-observer stance), their movement from self-criticism to self-understanding, and their experiences of moderating control and surrender. Culturally diverse participants, searched for authentic spiritual experiences and/or connection. Implications of this research suggest that paradoxes are embedded in the cancer experience. Diverse cancer survivors benefit from psycho-spiritual group interventions that promote individualized and embodied spiritual practices through a post-modern spiritual lens. Health care professionals are in an ideal position to provide psycho-education on the role of paradoxes during health transitions.

ISBN: 9781267686329Subjects--Topical Terms:

524864
Psychology, Clinical.

Working with paradoxes: Moving from dialectical opposition to interdependent growth in culturally diverse female cancer survivors.
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