BACKGROUND Individuals with chronic heart failure (CHF) need to cope with both the physical limitations and the psychological impacts of the disease. Since some coping strategies are beneficial and others are linked to increased mortality and worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL), it is important to have a reliable and valid instrument to detect different coping styles. Brief COPE, a sel...

Thermal rearrangement of 2-thiabicyclo[ 3.2.0]hepta-3,6-diene-6,7-dicarbonitriles 1-3 to their 4,5-dicarbonitrile isomers 4-6 takes place at 110-140 "C in yields of 82-84%. The reactions are first order with rates almost independent of the polarity of the solvent. Activation parameters (m = 120-140 kJ mol-' and AS* = 0 J K-l mol-') are in agreement with a concerted symmetry-allowed antarafacial...

Aim: This study sought to determine the dimensions of self-esteem, coping strategies, anger expression and anger control among French women diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. Material and method: A clinical group of 32 females suffering from anorexia and 57 healthy females completed an anonymous questionnaire form concerning family life, their state of health and/or the course of their illness, t...

This study is aimed at investigating the dimensionality of the situational version of the Brief COPE, a questionnaire that is frequently used to assess a broad range of coping responses to specific difficulties, by comparing five different factor models highlighted in previous studies. It also aimed at exploring the relationships among coping responses, personal goal commitment and progress. Th...

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a new instrument, the Family Coping Questionnaire for Eating Disorders (FCQ-ED), specifically designed to assess the coping strategies of relatives of patients with eating disorders (EDs). METHOD The study was articulated in the following seven stages: (1) in-depth analysis of scientific literature; (2) focus groups with expert researchers and clinicians in t...

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction: Nursing profession is physically and emotionally demanding Purpose: To determine the relationship between coping strategies and resilience, as well as perceived stress among nurses. Materials and methods: The study included 173 nurses from Świętokrzyskie province. Examination material was co...

Aims and method To study the mental health status of 66 genitally mutilated immigrant women originating from Africa (i.e. Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea and Sierra Leone). Scores on standardised questionnaires (Harvard Trauma Questionnaire-30, Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25, COPE-Easy, Lowlands Acculturation Scale) and demographic and psychosocial correlates were analysed. Results A third of the respond...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to determine coping with stress and body image in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to investigate the correlation between these two characteristics together and also between them and disease activity/functional capacity. METHOD Fourty healthy controls and 40 patients with AS who were diagnosed on the basis of Modified New York Criteria were ...