Dynamics of support perceptions among couples coping with cardiac illness: The effect on recovery outcomes
| Autor: | Abid Khaskia, Orna Reges, Rachel Dekel, Noa Vilchinsky, Morris Mosseri, Morton Leibowitz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Coping (psychology) medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures medicine.medical_treatment Heart disorder Social support Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Prospective Studies Acute Coronary Syndrome Spouses Prospective cohort study Psychiatry Applied Psychology Aged Social perception Social Support Middle Aged Social relation Psychiatry and Mental health Health Care Surveys Anxiety Smoking cessation Female Perception medicine.symptom Psychology Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Health Psychology. 30:411-419 |
| ISSN: | 1930-7810 0278-6133 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0023453 |
| Popis: | Objective The current prospective study explored how male cardiac patients' perceptions of received support (i.e., active engagement, protective buffering, and overprotection) moderated the associations between female partners' perceptions of provided support and patients' recovery outcomes: psychological well-being, cholesterol levels, and smoking cessation. Methods Couples (N = 86) completed surveys at the initial hospitalization after patients' Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), and 1 and 6 months later. Partners' ways of providing support and patients' concurrent perceptions of these ways were measured using the Ways of Giving Support Questionnaire; patients' depressive and anxiety symptoms were measured using the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). Patients' cholesterol levels were assessed during hospitalization and 6 months later, and smoking habits were reported by the patients. Results Female partners' protective buffering was positively associated with male patients' depressive symptoms at follow-up only when male patients' own perceptions of partners' protective buffering were low. Female partners' active engagement was positively associated with better odds for male patients' cessation of smoking only when patients' own perceptions of partners' active engagement were high. Finally, female partners' overprotection was associated with higher levels of male patients' harmful blood lipids at follow-up, but only when patients' own perceptions of partners' overprotection were high. Conclusions As hypothesized, the effect of partners' perceptions of support provided on patients' recovery was moderated by patients' own perceptions of the support received. The effect of this interaction was determined by the specific types of support provided or received and by the specific recovery outcome that was measured. The clinical and theoretical implications of the findings are discussed. |
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