Cognitive processes of cancer patients: a major threat to patients' quality of life

Objective: To explore the effects of intrusive and deliberate rumination on the quality of life of cancer patients

Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional design

Place and Duration of Study: PIMS and NORI Hospital between July to September 2016

Methodology: A sample of 100 cancer patients participated in the study. The patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were given a written consent form. Event related Rumination Inventory and WHO Quality of Life-Bref scale was used for data collection

Results: There were 57 male and 43 female patients within the age range of 18 to 66 years [mean = 36.62 +/- 13.77 years]. A significant negative correlation was found between intrusive rumination and all domains of quality of life as physical [r = -0.28, p<0.01], psychological [r = -0.19, p<0.01], social [r = -0.20, p<0.01], environmental [r = -0.17, p<0.05], and global [r = -0.26, p<0.01] functioning. Furthermore, results on regression analysis showed the significant prediction of the intrusive rumination on all domains of quality of life. The effect of deliberate rumination was found to be non-significant

Conclusion: Intrusive rumination significantly negatively predicted all domains of quality of life, whereas, quality of life of cancer patients was not significantly predicated by deliberate rumination

Validation of the three-component model of organizational commitment questionnaire

The psychometric evaluation of the measurement models developed in Western cultures has remained an important consideration in generalizability of the constructs. The present study was designed to test the theoretical factor structure of the Meyer and Allen's model of Organizational Commitment within higher education institutions in Pakistan. The measurement model assesses employees' experience of organizational commitment as three simultaneous mindsets encompassing; affective, continuance, and normative commitment. The participants included a sample of 426 regular faculty members of public and private sector Universities located in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and Lahore cities of Punjab, Pakistan. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was used to analyze the data. Results of fit indices, factor loadings, consideration of reliability indices, and an understanding of the meaning of the items in relation to the Pakistani working culture were used as decision criteria to retain or exclude items within respective factors. The findings of this study provide support for the existing three factor structure of the OCQ along with the need for modification of the Continuance Commitment Scale. The findings were discussed in light of a culture-based understanding of dynamics of work and commitment