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Adjusting to chronic illness: Time for a unified theory
Author(s) -
MossMorris Rona
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
british journal of health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 2044-8287
pISSN - 1359-107X
DOI - 10.1111/bjhp.12072
Subject(s) - psychology , stressor , adaptation (eye) , health psychology , clinical psychology , phrase , psychopathology , statement (logic) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , medicine , public health , neuroscience , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , nursing , artificial intelligence
Statement of contribution What is already known? Adapting to chronic illness is a phrase commonly used in health psychology. Common operationalizations include presence or absence of psychopathology, or low negative affect and good functional status. A variety of models are currently used to study adaptation to chronic illness. Each explain some variance in adjustment outcomes.What does this editorial add? An argument for a consistent overarching theory that is specific to the process of adaptation to chronic illness. Adaptation is characterized as a return to equilibrium after critical illness events or stressors. A new working model of adapting to chronic illness.
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