Illness Perceptions, Coping, Benefit Finding, and Adjustment in Individuals with Hepatitis C
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Langston, Simon; Edwards, Mark; Lyvers, Michael
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Objective: To investigate the ability of illness perceptions, adaptive, and maladaptive coping strategies, and benefit finding to predict physical and psychosocial adjustment among individuals diagnosed with the hepatitis C virus (HCV ), within an expanded self‐regulatory model of illness (SRM ). Method: A total of 126 participants with HCV completed an online questionnaire assessing illness perceptions, coping, benefit finding, and four adjustment outcomes, depression, physical functioning,...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Langston, Simon | |
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dc.contributor.author | Edwards, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Lyvers, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-22T03:53:46Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0005-0067 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/219007 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To investigate the ability of illness perceptions, adaptive, and maladaptive coping strategies, and benefit finding to predict physical and psychosocial adjustment among individuals diagnosed with the hepatitis C virus (HCV ), within an expanded self‐regulatory model of illness (SRM ). Method: A total of 126 participants with HCV completed an online questionnaire assessing illness perceptions, coping, benefit finding, and four adjustment outcomes, depression, physical functioning, life satisfaction and positive affect. Results: Illness perceptions made significant contributions to the variance in adjustment outcomes across the four psychosocial and physical adjustment areas. At an individual level, personal control, identification with HCV symptoms, perceptions related to illness duration, illness coherence, and emotional responses to HCV made significant contributions to the prediction of adjustment. Similarly, the combined contributions of adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies explained significant variance across the four adjustment areas. Greater adoption of maladaptive coping strategies predicted poorer physical health, higher reported depression, greater life satisfaction, and positive affect outcomes, while increased engagement with adoptive coping strategies predicted higher positive affect. Increased benefit finding predicted greater positive affect, life satisfaction, and higher depression. Conclusion: Results demonstrate the ability of the SRM features of illness perceptions and coping, and benefit finding to predict physical and psychosocial adjustment outcomes within the context of HCV . | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | Australian Psychological Society | |
dc.rights | © 2016 The Australian Psychological Society | |
dc.source | Australian Psychologist | |
dc.subject | adjustment | |
dc.subject | benefit finding | |
dc.subject | coping | |
dc.subject | hepatitis C | |
dc.subject | illness perceptions. | |
dc.title | Illness Perceptions, Coping, Benefit Finding, and Adjustment in Individuals with Hepatitis C | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 53 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2016-09-07 | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-10-12 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 170112 - Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB12860 | |
local.publisher.url | https://aps.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Langston, Simon, Queensland Health | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Edwards, Mark, College of Health and Medicine, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Lyvers, Michael, Bond University | |
local.description.embargo | 2099-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 87 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 96 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1111/ap.12255 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 920404 - Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response) | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-09-13T08:19:22Z | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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