PURPOSE@#The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of psychological acceptance and
social support on
posttraumatic growth in
stomach cancer patients.@*
METHODS@#The
questionnaires were administered from January 14 to February 11, 2015 to 123 subjects
who had
stomach cancer surgery six months prior. SPSS
statistics 21.0
software was used to analyze the data for t-test,
ANOVA, Pearson's correlations, Scheffé test and multiple
regression analysis.@*RESULTS@#The results of this study are as follows The major factors related to
posttraumatic growth included
gender (t=−2.72, p=.007), age (r=−.21, p=.016), having a
religion (t=−3.40, p<.001), perceived importance of
religion (r=.43, p<.001), seriousness of
cancer diagnosis (r=.25, p=.005) and impact of
cancer diagnosis (r=.32, p<.001). There were significant relationships between psychological acceptance (r=.18, p=.041) and
social support (r=.32, p<.001) on
posttraumatic growth. Significantly influential factors of
posttraumatic growth were age (β=−.19, p=.021), perceived importance of
religion (β=.41, p<.001) and
family support (β=.29, p<.001), which together accounted for 36.5% of the variance in
posttraumatic growth.@*CONCLUSION@#The result of current study indicated that age, importance of
religion, and
family support influenced
posttraumatic growth. Based on the findings of this study, developing
nursing intervention programs focusing on increasing
posttraumatic growth in
stomach cancer patients is recommended.