Personality and coping with a common stressor: cardiac catheterization.
J Behav Med
; 24(1): 17-31, 2001 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-11296468
ABSTRACT
The association between coping and personality was examined in a sample of 204 cardiac catheterization patients who were asked to evaluate the use of specific coping strategies used to deal with their cardiac catheterization. Personality, as measured by the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (FFI), was moderately correlated with coping measures. In multivariate analyses, after considering confounding factors, Neuroticism was positively and Extraversion was negatively related to avoidance coping and Neuroticism was negatively associated with counting one's blessings as a coping strategy. Personality was not related to either problem solving or seeking social support coping strategies for individuals experiencing a cardiac catheterization. However, important covariates were associated with coping strategies. Not being married was negatively correlated with use of seeking social support and not having a confidant was negatively related with seeking social support and positively with avoidance. These results suggest that there are specific relationships between personality and coping, but these relationships are, for the most part, moderate in persons coping with a cardiac catheterization, and that coping processes are associated with individual differences in available social resources.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Personalidade
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Estresse Psicológico
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Adaptação Psicológica
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Cateterismo Cardíaco
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Behav Med
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos