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Predictors of coping efficacy, negative moods and post‐traumatic stress syndrome following major trauma
Author(s) -
Tsay ShiowLuan,
Halstead Marilyn Tuls,
McCrone Susan
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-172x.2001.00257.x
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , traumatic stress , clinical psychology , medicine , psychology
The purpose of the study was to test relationships among injury appraisals, coping, social support and outcomes of coping efficacy, mood states and post‐traumatic stress syndrome. A purposive sample of 152 hospitalized patients a week following major trauma was recruited from two trauma centres. The measures included the modified Ways of Coping Scale; the brief Social Support Questionnaire; the brief Profile of Mood State; the Impact of Event Scale; and selected demographic and injury related variables. Data were analyzed by multivariate statistics. The results indicated that perceived controllability, satisfaction with social support, wishful‐thinking coping and problem‐focused coping were the significant predictors for coping efficacy; perceived stressfulness, problem‐focused coping and wishful thinking explained a significant amount of variance in mood states; avoidance coping and wishful‐thinking coping were predictors for post‐traumatic stress syndrome. The moderating effects of emotion‐focused coping at high and medium levels were identified.