This research aimed to know the relationship between Psychological Hardiness and
the life satisfaction and realized the level of Psychological Hardiness and the level of life
satisfaction for sample of breast cancer patients, also aimed to examine
the differences in
Psychological Hardiness and life satisfaction according to the variables (age, marital status,
duration of the disease). The research used Descriptive analytical method, The sample
included (112) breast cancer patients in the year 2017. The research used two measures for
Psychological Hardiness and the life satisfaction. Validity of the questionnaire was
established though a jury of (7) of the teaching staff at Tishreen University. Pilot sample
consisted of (28) breast cancer patients. Reliability was established by Cronbach – Alpha
Reliability at lest (0.835) for life satisfaction measure, and (0.867) for Psychological
Hardiness measure.
The final results showed there are positive relationship between Psychological
Hardiness and the life satisfaction for the Students. In fact, the level of Psychological
Hardiness and life satisfaction for breast cancer patients were middle rated for the sample
research. Finally, the study showed significant differences in Psychological Hardiness to
the variable age in favor of the more than (45) years, also to marital status in favor of the
marries, and to duration of the disease in favor of the breast cancer patients more than (5)
years, also there are showed significant differences in the level of life satisfaction
according to the variable age in favor of the more than (45) years, also to marital status in
favor of the marries, and to duration of the disease in favor of the breast cancer patients
more than (5) years.
recurrence is a major problem which affects 40% of Breast cancer patients . Bcl2 is an antiapoptotic protein which is implicated in many cases of cancer development and cancer resistance to therapy.
Aim of study : investigate the role of Bcl2 in recurrence in Breast cancer patients
