OBJECTIVE Research has established religion and spirituality as important resources for Black people in the U.S. coping with adversity. Most research has been from an etic perspective, examining religious variables that are valid across multiple religions. In the present study, we asked what emic aspects of the Black church's practices and theological emphases women with cancer drew on in constructing meaning-making narratives from their cancer experience. METHOD In this consensual qualitative research study, we interviewed 30 Black women with cancer histories with an average age of 64.5. RESULTS The religious practice of testimony emerged as the predominant theme. Testimony (a) provided a meaningful purpose to the cancer experience; (b) had a specific content of describing what God had done in their lives as well as some common theological emphases; (c) had dual desired outcomes of helping others and bringing glory to God; and (d) had an associated practice of giving testimony. CONCLUSION We discuss testimony as a narrative structure and highlight its importance in informing culturally sensitive interventions aimed at supporting Black women with cancer. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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证词和意义：对患有癌症的黑人女性的定性研究。

目标研究已将宗教和灵性确立为美国黑人应对逆境的重要资源。大多数研究都是从 etic 的角度来看的，检查在多种宗教中有效的宗教变量。在本研究中，我们询问了黑人教会的实践和神学强调女性癌症患者在从她们的癌症经历中构建意义叙事的过程中的哪些主位方面。方法 在这项协商一致的定性研究中，我们采访了 30 名平均年龄为 64.5 岁、有癌症病史的黑人女性。结果 见证的宗教实践成为主要主题。证词 (a) 为癌症经历提供了有意义的目的；(b) 有具体的内容来描述上帝在他们生活中的作为以及一些共同的神学重点；(c) 有帮助他人和荣耀神的双重期望结果；(d) 有提供证词的相关做法。结论 我们将证词作为一种叙事结构进行讨论，并强调其在告知旨在支持患有癌症的黑人女性的文化敏感干预措施方面的重要性。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。