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Health Psychology Open
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Subjects
People with disabilities -- Psychological aspects
Abstract
This systematic review examined the validity of generic coping-with-stress measures in the relationships between avoidance-type coping and psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness and disability. Major data bases were searched for studies on the association between avoidance-type coping and psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness and disability. Findings indicated that reliance upon avoidance-type coping is linked to reports of poorer psychosocial adaptation. The veracity of these findings must be treated cautiously owing to conceptual, structural, psychometric, and other issues. Users of generic coping measures should consider these concerns prior to empirically investigating the link between generic avoidance-type coping measures and psychosocial adaptation among people with chronic illness and disability.
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DOI
10.1177/2055102919891396
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30726
Citation Details
Livneh, H. (2019). The use of generic avoidant coping scales for psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness and disability: A systematic review. Health Psychology Open, 6(2), 2055102919891396.