Journal article
Optimism, coping, and long-term recovery from coronary artery surgery in women
Research in nursing & health, Vol.21(1), pp.15-26
02/1998
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199802)21:1<15::AID-NUR3>3.0.CO;2-W
PMID: 9472234
Abstract
Optimism, coping strategies, and psychological and functional outcomes were measured in 55 women undergoing coronary artery surgery. Data were collected in-hospital and at 1, 6, and 12 months after surgery. Optimism was related to positive moods and life satisfaction, and inversely related to negative moods. Few relationships were found between optimism and functional ability. Cognitive coping strategies accounted for a mediating effect between optimism and negative mood. Optimists were more likely to accept their situation, and less likely to use escapism. In turn, these coping strategies were inversely related to negative mood and mediated the relationship between optimism and this outcome. Optimism was not related to problem-focused coping strategies; thus, these coping strategies cannot explain the relationship between optimism and outcomes. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Optimism, coping, and long-term recovery from coronary artery surgery in women
- Creators
- Kathleen B. King - University of RochesterMeredeth A. Rowe - Binghamton UniversityLaura P. Kimble - Emory UniversityJulie J. Zerwic - University of Illinois at Chicago
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research in nursing & health, Vol.21(1), pp.15-26
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- DOI
- 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199802)21:1<15::AID-NUR3>3.0.CO;2-W
- PMID
- 9472234
- ISSN
- 0160-6891
- eISSN
- 1098-240X
- Number of pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/1998
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984370659302771
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