Background: The objective of the present study was to examine the joint effects of stress, coping, and coping resources in predicting distress symptoms among Kidney transplantation. Methods: In total, 101 participants who met the selection criteria were selected by purposive sampling from two transplant centres in Italy. The following instruments: Transplant Related Stressors Scale (TRSS), Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations SV (CISS-SF), Social Provision Scale (SPS), Anxiety and Depression scales of SCL-90 and standardized Questionnaire for Sleep Disorders were used for data collection. Findings: Task-oriented coping and emotion-oriented coping both appeared to be directly related to distress symptoms. Furthermore, social support appeared to be related to the kind of coping strategies used. Respondents with higher social support used more task-oriented coping and less emotion-oriented coping. Discussion: Recommendations for future research are provided, including suggestions to consider coping resource when studying stress-coping processes among renal transplantation patients.
The role of social support and coping strategies in patients’ emotional distress following kidney transplantation / Pisanti, Renato; Lombardo, Caterina; Violani, Cristiano; Poli, L.; Berloco, P. B.; Bennardi, L.. - In: PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH. - ISSN 0887-0446. - STAMPA. - 23 Supplement 1:(2008), pp. 211-212. (Intervento presentato al convegno 22th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society tenutosi a Bath, England nel SEP, 9-12, 2008) [10.1080/08870440802299543].
The role of social support and coping strategies in patients’ emotional distress following kidney transplantation
PISANTI, Renato;LOMBARDO, Caterina;VIOLANI, Cristiano;L. Poli;
2008
Abstract
Background: The objective of the present study was to examine the joint effects of stress, coping, and coping resources in predicting distress symptoms among Kidney transplantation. Methods: In total, 101 participants who met the selection criteria were selected by purposive sampling from two transplant centres in Italy. The following instruments: Transplant Related Stressors Scale (TRSS), Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations SV (CISS-SF), Social Provision Scale (SPS), Anxiety and Depression scales of SCL-90 and standardized Questionnaire for Sleep Disorders were used for data collection. Findings: Task-oriented coping and emotion-oriented coping both appeared to be directly related to distress symptoms. Furthermore, social support appeared to be related to the kind of coping strategies used. Respondents with higher social support used more task-oriented coping and less emotion-oriented coping. Discussion: Recommendations for future research are provided, including suggestions to consider coping resource when studying stress-coping processes among renal transplantation patients.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
