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Repressive coping style: relationships with depression, pain, and pain coping strategies in lung cancer outpatients.

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Prasertsri, N; Holden, J; Keefe, FJ; Wilkie, DJ
Published in: Lung Cancer
February 2011

Researchers have shown that coping style is related to pain and adjustment in people with chronic illness. This study was the first to examine how coping style related to pain, pain coping strategies, and depression in lung cancer outpatients. We conducted a comparative, secondary data analysis of 107 lung cancer patients (73% male, mean age 61.4±10.43 years, 88% Caucasian). As in prior studies, we classified patients into four coping style groups based on Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale and trait anxiety scores. The coping style groups were low-anxious (n=25); high-anxious (n=31); defensive high-anxious (n=21); and repressive (n=30). Compared to other coping style groups, the repressive group reported statistically significant lower mean scores for pain quality, pain catastrophizing, and depression. Assessing coping style by measuring personal characteristics such as social desirability and trait anxiety may help clinicians to identify vulnerable individuals with lung cancer who may be candidates for early and timely intervention efforts to enhance adjustment to pain.

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Published In

Lung Cancer

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EISSN

1872-8332

Publication Date

February 2011

Volume

71

Issue

2

Start / End Page

235 / 240

Location

Ireland

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Desirability
  • Repression, Psychology
  • Pain
  • Outpatients
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Prasertsri, N., Holden, J., Keefe, F. J., & Wilkie, D. J. (2011). Repressive coping style: relationships with depression, pain, and pain coping strategies in lung cancer outpatients. Lung Cancer, 71(2), 235–240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.05.009
Prasertsri, Nusara, Janean Holden, Francis J. Keefe, and Diana J. Wilkie. “Repressive coping style: relationships with depression, pain, and pain coping strategies in lung cancer outpatients.Lung Cancer 71, no. 2 (February 2011): 235–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.05.009.
Prasertsri N, Holden J, Keefe FJ, Wilkie DJ. Repressive coping style: relationships with depression, pain, and pain coping strategies in lung cancer outpatients. Lung Cancer. 2011 Feb;71(2):235–40.
Prasertsri, Nusara, et al. “Repressive coping style: relationships with depression, pain, and pain coping strategies in lung cancer outpatients.Lung Cancer, vol. 71, no. 2, Feb. 2011, pp. 235–40. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.05.009.
Prasertsri N, Holden J, Keefe FJ, Wilkie DJ. Repressive coping style: relationships with depression, pain, and pain coping strategies in lung cancer outpatients. Lung Cancer. 2011 Feb;71(2):235–240.
Journal cover image

Published In

Lung Cancer

DOI

EISSN

1872-8332

Publication Date

February 2011

Volume

71

Issue

2

Start / End Page

235 / 240

Location

Ireland

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Desirability
  • Repression, Psychology
  • Pain
  • Outpatients
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Female