Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10473240 | Social Science & Medicine | 2005 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The role of mastery, self-efficacy expectancies and neuroticism in explaining individual differences in physical and psychological adjustment to cardiac disease was studied in 208 patients. Premorbid data were available from a community-based survey in the Netherlands. Hierarchical linear regression analyses showed that self-efficacy expectancies at baseline were significantly related to adjustment in terms of physical functioning in the short- and long-term and depressive symptoms in the short-term (six weeks after diagnosis). Mastery was significantly related to depressive symptoms and anxiety in the long-term (1 year after diagnosis). Neuroticism was a predictor for depressive symptoms and anxiety both in the short- and long-term. The results of this longitudinal study showed that premorbidly assessed psychological attributes do have a role in explaining individual differences in vulnerability to negative consequences of cardiac disease.
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Authors
Cornelia H.M. van Jaarsveld, Adelita V. Ranchor, Robbert Sanderman, Johan Ormel, Gertrudis I.J.M. Kempen,