Repressive coping style: Relationships with depression, pain, and pain coping strategies in lung cancer out patients
Nusara Prasertsri, Janean Holden, Francis J. Keefe, Diana J. Wilkie
20110101
2011 Feb 1
Lung Cancer
Repressive coping style: Relationships with depression, pain, and pain coping strategies in lung cancer out patients
Lung Cancer. 2011 Feb;71(2):235-240, Nusara Prasertsri, Janean Holden, Francis J. Keefe, Diana J. Wilkie
Researchers have shown that coping style is related to pain and adjustment in people with chronic illness. This study was the first to examine how coping style related to pain, pain coping strategies, and depression in lung cancer outpatients. We conducted a comparative, secondary data analysis of 107 lung cancer patients (73% male, mean age 61.4±10.43 years, 88% Caucasian). As in prior studies, we classified patients into four coping style groups based on Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale...
