Recovery from minor abdominal surgery: a preliminary attempt to separate anxiety and coping.
Br J Clin Psychol
; 31(2): 227-37, 1992 05.
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ABSTRACT
Using bivariate and canonical correlations, we investigated the dimensionality and post-operative correlates of indices which, we suggested, could be related to active cognitive coping in 40 patients undergoing minor abdominal surgery. Trait anxiety and pre-operative state anxiety were also measured; these intercorrelated, but each was independent of the putative coping measures. There were, however, intercorrelations amongst these questionnaires, which included the 'worry' scale of a coping checklist, Type A personality, pre-operative arousal and, in a negative direction, 'powerful others' health locus of control and pre-operative stress. The dissociation between anxiety and the remaining measures emerged also in the post-operative correlates of these two dimensions. Whereas anxiety predicted poorer self-rated bodily state on the first post-operative day, the coping measures predicted a better state seven days post-operatively.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Ansiedad
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Rol del Enfermo
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Adaptación Psicológica
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Colitis Ulcerosa
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Enfermedad de Crohn
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Hemorroides
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Clin Psychol
Año:
1992
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido