What question did this study set out to answer?

This study aims to investigate the influence of negative affectivity and repressive coping on mood, health complaints, and coronary-prone behavior in cardiac patients.

September 1, 1991Psychosomatic Medicine

Negative affectivity and repressive coping: pervasive influence on self-reported mood, health, and coronary-prone behavior.

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Why the study?

Does coping style (negative affectivity vs repressive coping) influence self-reported distress and coronary-prone behavior in male cardiac patients undergoing rehabilitation?

Population

178 male cardiac patients undergoing rehabilitation

Comparison

High negative affectivity (NA) coping style vs Low negative affectivity and repressive coping…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

3 months

Authors

JDJohan DenolletPreventive Cardiology

Discussion

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Implication

High negative affectivity was associated with more distress but not fitness; leaves open whether coping style assessment improves cardiac rehab outcomes.

Key Points

This study aims to investigate the influence of negative affectivity and repressive coping on mood, health complaints, and coronary-prone behavior in cardiac patients.
178 male cardiac patients undergoing rehabilitation were categorized into three groups based on coping styles: high NA (N=72), low NA (N=44), and REP (N=62),
Self-reported distress was measured using STAI-Trait and Marlowe-Crowne Scale scores,
Coronary-prone behavior was assessed with the Jenkins Activity Survey and Cook-Medley Hostility Scale.
High-NA individuals reported significantly more negative mood and health complaints compared to low-NA and REP individuals (p<0.0001).
No correlation was found between coping style and cardiovascular fitness (p=0.87).
REP individuals exhibited lower scores on measures of coronary-prone behavior compared to high-NA and low-NA groups (p<0.0001).

Structured PICO

Does coping style (negative affectivity vs repressive coping) influence self-reported distress and coronary-prone behavior in male cardiac patients undergoing rehabilitation?

Population

178 male cardiac patients undergoing rehabilitation

Intervention

High negative affectivity (NA) coping style

Comparator

Low negative affectivity (NA) and repressive coping (REP) styles

Outcome

Self-reported distress (negative mood states and health complaints)patient reported

High negative affectivity is associated with increased self-reported distress and health complaints, but not objective cardiovascular fitness, highlighting the importance of identifying coping styles in stress-health research among cardiac patients.

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Johan Denollet (1991) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1efbd4f3fddb4fc6b3032f https://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-199109000-00005

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Implication

High negative affectivity was associated with more distress but not fitness; leaves open whether coping style assessment improves cardiac rehab outcomes.

Negative affectivity and repressive coping: pervasive influence on self-reported mood, health, and coronary-prone behavior.

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Negative affectivity and repressive coping: pervasive influence on self-reported mood, health, and coronary-prone behavior.

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