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Personality and coping with a common stressor: cardiac catheterization.

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Bosworth, HB; Feaganes, JR; Vitaliano, PP; Mark, DB; Siegler, IC
Published in: J Behav Med
February 2001

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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J Behav Med

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ISSN

0160-7715

Publication Date

February 2001

Volume

24

Issue

1

Start / End Page

17 / 31

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Support
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Clinical Psychology
 

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Bosworth, H. B., Feaganes, J. R., Vitaliano, P. P., Mark, D. B., & Siegler, I. C. (2001). Personality and coping with a common stressor: cardiac catheterization. J Behav Med, 24(1), 17–31. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005682303815
Bosworth, H. B., J. R. Feaganes, P. P. Vitaliano, D. B. Mark, and I. C. Siegler. “Personality and coping with a common stressor: cardiac catheterization.J Behav Med 24, no. 1 (February 2001): 17–31. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005682303815.
Bosworth HB, Feaganes JR, Vitaliano PP, Mark DB, Siegler IC. Personality and coping with a common stressor: cardiac catheterization. J Behav Med. 2001 Feb;24(1):17–31.
Bosworth, H. B., et al. “Personality and coping with a common stressor: cardiac catheterization.J Behav Med, vol. 24, no. 1, Feb. 2001, pp. 17–31. Pubmed, doi:10.1023/a:1005682303815.
Bosworth HB, Feaganes JR, Vitaliano PP, Mark DB, Siegler IC. Personality and coping with a common stressor: cardiac catheterization. J Behav Med. 2001 Feb;24(1):17–31.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Behav Med

DOI

ISSN

0160-7715

Publication Date

February 2001

Volume

24

Issue

1

Start / End Page

17 / 31

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Support
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Clinical Psychology