Stability of coping and the role of self-efficacy in the first year following mild traumatic brain injury

Autor: Jacoba M. Spikman, Harm J. van der Horn, Myrthe E. de Koning, Joukje van der Naalt, Myrthe E. Scheenen
Přispěvatelé: Clinical Neuropsychology, Molecular Neuroscience and Ageing Research (MOLAR), Movement Disorder (MD)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Male
Coping (psychology)
Health (social science)
Time Factors
medicine.medical_treatment
Psychological intervention
0302 clinical medicine
QUALITY-OF-LIFE
Surveys and Questionnaires
Adaptation
Psychological
Prospective Studies
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS
media_common
Netherlands
PERSONALITY
Rehabilitation
Glasgow Outcome Scale
05 social sciences
Middle Aged
Self Efficacy
Female
HEALTH
Coping
Self-efficacy
Stability
Adult
REHABILITATION
medicine.medical_specialty
STRATEGIES
media_common.quotation_subject
050105 experimental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
History and Philosophy of Science
GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE
Psychological adaptation
medicine
Personality
Humans
BREAST-CANCER
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Mild traumatic brain injury
VALIDITY
Psychiatry
Brain Concussion
Aged
business.industry
Glasgow Coma Scale
business
SOCIAL SUPPORT
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Stress
Psychological
Follow-Up Studies
Zdroj: Social Science & Medicine, 181(May), 184-190. Elsevier
ISSN: 0277-9536
Popis: Background and aims: Coping, the psychological adaptation to stressors and serious life events, has been found to have a great influence on the development and persistence of posttraumatic complaints. Coping has received much attention for having been found to be modifiable in treatment following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and for its potential to identify the Patients who are at risk of suffering from long-term complaints. Currently, coping styles are assumed to be stable over time. Although interventions to facilitate adaptive coping are given at different time intervals after the injury, little is known about spontaneous changes in preferred strategies over time following mTBI. This study aimed to investigate the stability of different coping styles over a one-year period following mTBI (at two weeks', six and twelve months' post-injury) and to investigate the relation between coping styles and feelings of self-efficacy.Methods: We included 425 mTBI patients (Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] score 13-15) admitted to three Level-1 trauma centers in the Netherlands as part of a prospective follow-up study. All participants filled out The Utrecht Coping List (UCL) to determine their position on seven coping subscales.Results: Most coping styles showed a decrease over time, except for positive reframing, which showed a decrease and then increased. Interestingly, the passive coping style was found to stabilize over time within the year after injury. High feelings of self-efficacy were related to a high active coping style (r = 0.36), and low feelings of self-efficacy with passive coping (r =-032).Conclusions: These results hold important possibilities for the use of the passive coping strategy as an inclusion criterion for intervention studies and an entry point for treatment itself. Considering the intertwinement of coping with self-efficacy, improving feelings of self-efficacy could form an effective part of an intervention to improve outcome. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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