| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Psychosomatic Medicine 35:375-389 (1973)
© 1973 American Psychosomatic Society
1 Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Address reprint request to Ms. Frances Cohen, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720.
Surgical patients with similar medical problems differ greatly in their rate of postoperative recovery. This study investigated the relationship between the mode of coping with preoperative stress and recovery from surgery. Sixty-one preoperative surgical patients were interviewed and classified into three groups based on whether they showed avoidance vigilance, or both kinds of coping behavior, concerning their surgical problem. Coping dispositions referring to the same dimension, preoperative anxiety, and previous life stress were also measured. The five recovery variables included days in hospital, number of pain medications, minor medical complications, negative psychological reactions, and the sum of these. Results showed that the vigilant group had the most complicated postoperative recovery, although only two recovery variables (days in hospital and minor complications) were statistically significant. Coping dispositions, anxiety, and life stress showed no clear or consistent relationships with recovery. Ways in which mode of coping may have influenced recovery are discussed.
Submitted on August 21, 1972
This article has been cited by other articles:
 |
|
 |
|
  G. Hirschberger and T. Ein-Dor Defenders of a Lost Cause: Terror Management and Violent Resistance to the Disengagement Plan Pers Soc Psychol Bull, June 1, 2006; 32(6): 761 - 769. [Abstract] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 S. Hofer, W. Benzer, H. Alber, E. Ruttmann, M. Kopp, G. Schussler, and S. Doering Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Coronary Artery Disease Patients: A Prospective Study Generating a Structural Equation Model Psychosomatics, June 1, 2005; 46(3): 212 - 223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 M Walter, C Papachristou, G Danzer, B F Klapp, and J Frommer Willingness to donate: an interview study before liver transplantation J. Med. Ethics, December 1, 2004; 30(6): 544 - 550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 F. J. Keefe, M. A. Lumley, A. L. H. Buffington, J. W. Carson, J. L. Studts, C. L. Edwards, D. J. Macklem, A. K. Aspnes, L. Fox, and D. Steffey Changing Face of Pain: Evolution of Pain Research in Psychosomatic Medicine Psychosom Med, November 1, 2002; 64(6): 921 - 938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 K. S. Han The Effect of an Integrated Stress Management Program on the Psychologic and Physiologic Stress Reactions of Peptic Ulcer in Korea J Holist Nurs, March 1, 2002; 20(1): 61 - 80. [Abstract] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 L. K. Tamres, D. Janicki, and V. S. Helgeson Sex Differences in Coping Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review and an Examination of Relative Coping Personality and Social Psychology Review, February 1, 2002; 6(1): 2 - 30. [Abstract] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. Doering, F. Katzlberger, G. Rumpold, S. Roessler, B. Hofstoetter, D. S. Schatz, H. Behensky, M. Krismer, G. Luz, P. Innerhofer, et al. Videotape Preparation of Patients Before Hip Replacement Surgery Reduces Stress Psychosom Med, May 1, 2000; 62(3): 365 - 373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. Shiloh, R. Ben-Sinai, and G. Keinan Effects of Controllability, Predictability, and Information-Seeking Style on Interest in Predictive Genetic Testing Pers Soc Psychol Bull, October 1, 1999; 25(10): 1187 - 1195. [Abstract] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 J. R. Edwards and R. M. O'Neill The Construct Validity of Scores on the Ways of Coping Questionnaire: Confirmatory Analysis of Alternative Factor Structures Educational and Psychological Measurement, December 1, 1998; 58(6): 955 - 983. [Abstract]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 J. A. Bartmann and K. A. Roberto Coping Strategies of Middle-Aged and Older Women Who Have Undergone a Mastectomy Journal of Applied Gerontology, September 1, 1996; 15(3): 376 - 386. [Abstract] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 H. E. McHaffie The Assessment of Coping Clin Nurs Res, February 1, 1992; 1(1): 67 - 79. [Abstract] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 R. F. Scherer and J. D. Brodzinski An Analysis of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire Management Communication Quarterly, February 1, 1990; 3(3): 401 - 418. [Abstract]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 R. Ulrich View through a window may influence recovery from surgery Science, April 27, 1984; 224(4647): 420 - 421. [Abstract] [PDF]
|
|
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
