Key result
Adaptive coping positively predicted positive affect and negatively predicted negative affect, whereas maladaptive coping showed the opposite pattern in cardiac patients over an 8-week period.
Why the study?
Emotions and coping play a role in cardiac patient prognosis, but the ability of adaptive and maladaptive coping to predict emotional well-being after controlling for functional physical capacity needed analysis.
Do adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies predict emotional well-being in cardiac patients after controlling for functional physical capacity?
Cohort (n=253)
Do adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies predict emotional well-being in cardiac patients after controlling for functional physical capacity?
Adaptive coping strategies independently predict better emotional well-being in cardiac patients, highlighting the potential value of coping modules in cardiac rehabilitation programs.
Adaptive coping was associated with better emotional well-being beyond physical capacity; leaves open whether targeted interventions warrant testing in cardiac rehab.
Emotions and coping play a role in the prognosis of cardiac patients. This two-wave longitudinal study aims to analyze the ability of adaptive and maladaptive coping to predict the emotional well-being of cardiac patients after controlling for their functional physical capacity. Emotional well-being (positive and negative affect), coping strategies, and functional physical capacity were evaluated both at Time 1 (n = 253) and at Time 2 (n = 186), 8 weeks later. At Time 1, positive affect was positively predicted by adaptive coping and negatively predicted by maladaptive coping, while the opposite pattern was found when negative affect was considered. At Time 2, after controlling for sociodemographic variables and for negative affect and functional physical capacity at T1, negative affect was negatively predicted by adaptive coping and positively predicted by maladaptive coping. In addition, positive affect was only predicted by adaptive coping after controlling for functional physical capacity and positive affect at Time 1. Relationships between coping and emotional well-being remain after controlling for the functional physical capacity of cardiac patients, which has a big impact on their emotional state. Finally, it is suggested that specific modules to improve coping and emotional state of cardiac patients should be included in Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs.
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Sanjuán et al. (2023) conducted a cohort in Cardiac patients (n=253). Adaptive and maladaptive coping was evaluated on Emotional well-being (positive and negative affect). Adaptive coping positively predicted positive affect and negatively predicted negative affect, whereas maladaptive coping showed the opposite pattern in cardiac patients over an 8-week period.
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