%0 Journal Article
%T Spiritual health mediates the relationship between ego
%A Elham Moghimi
%A Mohammad Ali Besharat
%A Somayeh Ramesh
%J Health Psychology Open
%@ 2055-1029
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2055102918782176
%X This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of spiritual health in the relationship between ego-strength and adjustment to heart disease. In total, 327 patients with coronary artery disease (138 women, 189 men) completed the Ego-Strength Scale, Adjustment to Illness Scale, and Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Results showed that both ego-strength and spiritual health had a significantly positive correlation with adjustment to heart disease. Results also revealed that spiritual health mediated the relationship between ego-strength and adjustment to heart disease. More improvement in adjustment to heart disease requires more improvement in patients¡¯ spiritual health as well as to ego-strength
%K adjustment to illness
%K ego-strength
%K heart disease
%K spiritual health
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102918782176