S p i r i t ua l i t y S t u d i e s 7 - 2 Fa l l 2 0 2 1 7 5 Mário Schwarz In next step, patients undergoing treatment and cancer survivors were compared in the posttraumatic growth dimensions. In relation to the goal of the study, we asked a question, whether there were any statistically significant differences in posttraumatic growth between the cancer patients undergoing treatment and cancer survivors. Table 4. Comparative Analysis of Posttraumatic Growth Domains in Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment and Cancer Survivors Group M SD Mdn U-value df p Cohen’s d Relationships with Others Treated 23.02 7.69 23.0 3398 198 <.001 0.540 Cured 26.73 5.94 28.0 New Opportunities Treated 13.10 5.99 14.0 3463 198 <.001 0.546 Cured 16.32 5.82 17.0 Personal Development Treated 12.25 5.01 12.5 3246 198 <.001 0.660 Cured 15.17 3.66 16.0 Spiritual Change Treated 5.00 3.35 5.0 3848 198 0.005 0.387 Cured 6.30 3.37 8.0 Appreciation of Life Treated 11.75 3.43 13.0 4375 198 0.122 0.273 Cured 12.59 2.67 14.0 The results show a statistically significant differences between the cancer patients undergoing treatment and cancer survivors in the domains of Relationships with others (p <.001; d = 0.540), New opportunities (p <.001; d = 0.546), Personal development (p <.001; d = 0.660), Spiritual change (p = 0.005; d = 0.387). We consider these differences to be of medium effect size. We have not found a statistically significant difference between the cancer patients undergoing treatment and cancer survivors in the domain of Appreciation of life (p = 0.122).
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