Coping, life‐style changes, health perceptions, and marital adjustment in middle‐aged women and men with cardiovascular disease and their spouses

Bibliographic Data

ID15218375
AuthorsTerry A Badger (0000-0002-2403-9562, University of Arizona, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume13
Issue1
Pages43-55
Publication date1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399339209515977
PMID1556031
OpenAlexW2091350842
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited17

This descriptive study was designed to compare the coping responses, life-style changes, health perceptions, and current marital adjustment in 11 middle-aged women (CD women) with those of 37 men (CD men) who had been diagnosed as having cardiovascular disease. A secondary purpose was to compare their spouses' responses on these same measures. Participants were comparable on demographic and illness characteristics. CD women differed from CD men for the three coping responses of distancing, accepting responsibility, and planful problem-solving; for the total health perceptions scale; and for the current health and resistance to illness subscales. The CD women and CD men differed from their partners in total health perceptions, current health, and resistance to illness. CD women and their husbands were more dissimilar in their coping responses than were CD men and their wives. Age and pre-illness satisfaction were significant predictor variables for the coping strategies of distancing and accepting responsibility

Coping (psychology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Distancing · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Marital status · Perception · Population · Clinical Psychology · Family Support in Illness · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine

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