1.RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND SELF EFFICACY AMONG LIVER CANCER PAKISTANI FEMALE PATIENTS
Maryam Khurshid ; Mamoona Ismail Loona ; Amna Hassan ; Sameena Iqbal ; Sameera Mirza
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2021;22(8):1-5
		                        		
		                        			Introduction:
		                        			It is agreed all over the world that liver cancer can influence a woman's approach of self-acceptance and self-efficacy. Limited literature addressing levels of self-acceptance and self-efficacy separately among women with liver cancer is available in Pakistani population. 
		                        		
		                        			Objectives:
		                        			The aim was to study the role of self-acceptance and self-efficacy among women with liver cancer, and to analyse the influence of socio-personal characteristics of women with their self-efficacy. .
		                        		
		                        			Data Source and Settings:
		                        			To address the objectives, a sample of 60 women (N=60) was selected from different hospitals of 
Islamabad. 
		                        		
		                        			Period:
		                        			The duration of the study was 6 months
		                        		
		                        			Methods :
		                        			The present study made use of the two scales i.e., self-efficacy scale and Self-Acceptance. Clinical group was selected through random sampling to collect data from different hospitals of Islamabad. 
		                        		
		                        			Results:
		                        			To determine the psychometric properties; alpha correlation, and t-test analysis and ANOVA were computed. Self-acceptance and self-efficacy was found significantly associated with each other. Results indicated that the low sense of identity as a whole, leads women to be low self-efficacy regarding their abilities in their daily lives. There was also a significant difference in demographic variables on Self-acceptance and self-efficacy. 
		                        		
		                        			Conclusion
		                        			It is concluded from the finding of the current study that women suffering from liver cancer demonstrated low level of Self-Acceptance. Several associated factors with self-acceptance and self-efficacy were also found among female liver cancer patients of Islamabad.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
            
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