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Unit 2 · Research Methodology & Statistics Psychology · Dec 2023 · 14 Dec, Shift 1

A researcher studied the variables that determined Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) in the husbands of breast cancer survivors. The existing literature identified a number of factors such as emotional support, quality of marital relationship and exposure to individuals with PTG as important determinants of PTG in women. No information was available on PTG of the husbands of the patients. The researcher investigated the same factors influencing their husbands.

Which of the following will be the correct hypothesis for the study ?

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Correct answer: A. The emotional support, quality of marital relationship and exposure to individual modeling of PTG will all contribute husband's experience of PTG

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Based on the literature, the hypothesis is that emotional support, marital quality and exposure to people with PTG will contribute to the husbands' PTG.

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