Coping with spinal cord injury: personal and marital adjustment in the Hong Kong Chinese setting
| Autor: | R. C. K. Chan, F. Lieh-Mak, P. W. H. Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Coping (psychology) Psychometrics Social support Asian People Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Marriage Spouses Psychiatry Internal-External Control Spinal Cord Injuries Depression Beck Depression Inventory Social Support Life satisfaction General Medicine Caregiver burden Middle Aged Cross-Sectional Studies Locus of control Caregivers Neurology Spouse Hong Kong Female Neurology (clinical) Psychology Social Adjustment Psychosocial Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Spinal Cord. 38:687-696 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5624 1362-4393 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.sc.3101085 |
| Popis: | Study design: A cross-sectional retrospective study was carried out with structured questionnaires and semi-structured interviews on 66 persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) and 40 spouses. Objectives: The study aimed to explore the psychosocial adjustment of Hong Kong Chinese couples at the post SCI stage. An important study interest was the impact of care-giving in spouses of persons with SCI. Setting: Three major regional rehabilitation centres and one community resource centre in Hong Kong. Methods: A set of psychometric measures tapping different aspects of psychological functioning was included. These were locus of control (Levenson's Internality, Powerful Others, and Chance Scale), perceived social support (Provision of Social Relationship), coping strategies (Ways of Coping Checklist), marital adjustment (Dyadic Adjustment Scale), care-giving burden (Caregiver Burden Inventory), depression (Beck Depression Inventory), life satisfaction (Satisfaction with Life Situation), and social role adjustment (Katz Adjustment Scale – Relative Form). Results: Persons with SCI with pre-injury marriage were more depressed (P |
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