Personality as the indicator of psychosocial adjustment and well-being of chronic patients
Keywords:
psychosocial adjustment, chronic disease, personalityAbstract
The purpose of the studies was to search for personality correlates of psychosocial adjustment of chronic disease patients. The group of 246 male patients with coronary heart disease was included into the studies. Correlations were analysed between the intensity of some selected personal traits, the intensity of limitations resulting from the disease process and its therapy, and the level of patients’ psychosocial adjustment and well-being. The studies have confirmed that the neuroticism, extraversion and openness are the essential correlates of the adjustment. In order to predict the psychosocial adjustment of chronic patients accurately, it is necessary to consider some variables connected with the disease. They can be the independent predicators of the adjustment, they can also modify the adjustment level when interacting with personality variables.References
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Pommersbach, J. (1988). Wsparcie społeczne a choroba. Przegląd Psychologiczny, 31, 503-525.
Rumbaugh, D. M. (1966). The psychological aspects. Journal of Rehabilitation, 32, 56-58. Watson, D. & Clark, L. A. (1984). Negative affectivity: the disposition to experience negative affective states. Psychological Bulletin, 96, 465-490.
Watson, D. & Pennebaker, J. W. (1989). Health complaints, stress, and distress: exploring the central role of negative affectivity. Psychological Review, 96, 234-254.
Wiebe, J. S. & Christensen, A. J. (1996). Patient adherence in chronic illness: personality and coping in context. Journal of Personality, 64, 815-835.
Włodarczyk, D. (2004). Niektóre psychologiczne konsekwencje zawału serca w świetle współczesnych badań. Polski Przegląd Kardiologiczny, 6, 85-90.
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Bajcar, A. (2012). Personality as the indicator of psychosocial adjustment and well-being of chronic patients. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Psychologica, 5(1), 44–53. Retrieved from https://studia-psychologica.uken.krakow.pl/article/view/5578
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