Do coping strategies mediate the association between Type D personality and quality of life among people with multiple sclerosis?

Pavol Mikula; Iveta Nagyova; Martina Krokavcova; Marianna Vitkova; Jaroslav Rosenberger; Jarmila Szilasiova; Zuzana Gdovinova; Johan W. Groothoff; Jitse P. van Dijk

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Do coping strategies mediate the association between Type D personality and quality of life among people with multiple sclerosis?

Pavol Mikula^*, Iveta Nagyova, Martina Krokavcova, Marianna Vitkova, Jaroslav Rosenberger, Jarmila Szilasiova, Zuzana Gdovinova, Johan W. Groothoff, Jitse P. van Dijk

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore whether different coping strategies are able to mediate the association between Type D personality and quality of life. We collected information from 156 consecutive patients (response rate: 72.9%; 75.0% women; median age: 40 +/- 3years). Patients completed the Type D Scale-14, the Coping Self-Efficacy Scale and the Short-Form Health Survey for measuring physical and mental quality of life. The mediating effect of coping was analysed using correlations, linear regressions and the Sobel z-test. In the mental quality of life, all three studied coping strategies mediated the association between Type D personality and quality of life.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1557-1565
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	23
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105316660180
Publication status	Published - 1-Oct-2018

Keywords

chronic disease
coping
mental component of quality of life
multiple sclerosis
physical component of quality of life
Type D
NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY
SELF-EFFICACY
MENTAL-HEALTH
SYMPTOMS
DISEASE
DEPRESSION
ANXIETY
STRESS
DISABILITY
DISTRESS

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