Emotional Distress, Temporal Satisfaction and Grit: A Study Examining among Cancer Patients of Kerala

Abstract

The crisis of living with illness can be lessened for patients with a greater understanding of the need to change treatment goals and care. In this study, the researchers examined the relationship between emotional distresses, temporal satisfaction and grit among 106 cancer patients (Mage = 43) of Kerala. The authors followed simple random sampling for the selection of participants. Based on existing studies, the researchers framed a model that tests four hypotheses. The study’s finding reveals that emotional distress significantly contributed to temporal satisfaction (supports H1) while negatively contributed to patients’ perseverance of effort and ambition (partial supports H2). Grit through consistency of interest, perseverance of effort and ambition significantly contributed to their temporal satisfaction (supports H3). Perseverance of effort and ambition mediates between emotional distress and temporal satisfaction with VAF .20 (partial supports H4). Pearson product-moment correlation and Process macro in SPSS for mediation analysis are employed. In line with the findings, the authors discuss the practical implications and future research directions.