scholarly journals Issues Related to the Association between Denial-like Coping Strategies and Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanoch Livneh
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Psychosocial Adaptation

scholarly journals The Relationship between Visuospatial Memory and Coping Strategies in Breast Cancer Survivors

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. BCBCR.S6957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Ayala-Feliciano ◽  
Jaime J. Pons-Valerio ◽  
José Pons-Madera ◽  
Summer F. Acevedo
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Breast Cancer Survivors ◽  
Psychosocial Adaptation ◽  
Visuospatial Memory ◽  
Neurocognitive Deficits ◽  
Immediate Memory ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Background In the US there are over 2.5 million breast cancer survivors (BCSs), most of whom have required some type of intensive treatment. How individuals cope with the treatment process may relate to why neurocognitive problems arise. Method We explored the impact of treatment for breast cancer (BC) on performance of the Memory Island task, both on working memory and on the general index of cognitive performance in relation to coping strategies of BCSs compared to age-matched controls. Results The evidence obtained suggests a reduced performance in visuospatial memory in BCSs. Those who used emotional coping strategies displayed reduced performance in visuospatial learning and immediate memory. Those women who used problem-focused coping strategies performed better in those tasks measuring psychomotor speed, general intelligence, and delayed visuospatial memory. Conclusions It is concluded that further investigation of the relationship between coping strategies and performance on visuospatial tasks may provide useful information on residual levels of neurocognitive deficits and psychosocial adaptation in BCSs.

Resilience From a Virtue Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 195-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Han Kim ◽  
Carolyn E. Hawley ◽  
Rene Gonzalez ◽  
Abigail K. Vo ◽  
Lara A. Barbir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Psychosocial Adaptation ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Everyday Action ◽  
The Face ◽  
Adaptation Model

Resilience refers to one’s ability to adapt and navigate through challenges in the face of a chronic illness and disability (CID). Originally reported in posttraumatic stress literature, resilience has been studied in various contexts; however, very few studies have been conducted from a virtue perspective. Virtue, in psychological terms, is consistent, everyday action toward a worthwhile pursuit, based on one’s values. From a virtue perspective, resilience is defined as a positive by-product of having endured adversities while transforming them into insightful opportunities for renewal. This article introduces the virtue-based psychosocial adaptation model (V-PAM) and its applicability to the study of resilience. College students with CID ( N = 256) were recruited, and their resilience was empirically examined based on the proposed model.

Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability: A Virtue Based Model

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Han Kim ◽  
Brian T. McMahon ◽  
Carolyn Hawley ◽  
Dana Brickham ◽  
Rene Gonzalez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Psychosocial Adaptation

scholarly journals Coping with healthcare costs for chronic illness in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. e001475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrianna Murphy ◽  
Catherine McGowan ◽  
Martin McKee ◽  
Marc Suhrcke ◽  
Kara Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Financial Risk Protection ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Risk Protection

BackgroundExperiencing illness in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) can incur very high out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare and, while the existing literature typically focuses on levels of expenditure, it rarely examines what happens when households do not have the necessary money. Some will adopt one or more ‘coping strategies’, such as borrowing money, perhaps at exorbitant interest rates, or selling assets, some necessary for their future income, with detrimental long-term effects. This is particularly relevant for chronic illnesses that require consistent, long-term OOP payments. We systematically review the literature on strategies for financing OOP costs of chronic illnesses in LMICs, their correlates and their impacts on households.MethodsWe searched MEDLINE, EconLit, EMBASE, Global Health and Scopus on 22 October 2018 for literature published on or after 1 January 2000. We included qualitative or quantitative studies describing at least one coping strategy for chronic illness OOP payments in a LMIC context. Our narrative review follows Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses reporting guidelines.ResultsForty-seven papers were included. Studies identified coping strategies for chronic illness costs that are not traditionally addressed in financial risk protection research (eg, taking children out of school, sending them to work, reducing expenditure on food or education, quitting work to give care). Twenty studies reported socioeconomic or other correlates of coping strategies, with poorer households and those with more advanced disease more vulnerable to detrimental strategies. Only six studies (three cross-sectional and three qualitative) included evidence of impacts of coping strategies on households, including increased labour to repay debts and discontinuing treatment.ConclusionsMonitoring of financial risk protection provides an incomplete picture if it fails to capture the effect of coping strategies. This will require qualitative and longitudinal research to understand the long-term effects, especially those associated with chronic illness in LMICs.

Children Living With Chronic Illness: An Examination of Their Stressors, Coping Responses, and Health Outcomes

2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
JANET L. STEWART
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Developmental Models ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Adjustment To Illness

This chapter reviews nursing research from the last decade on children and adolescents coping with chronic illnesses. Studies were identified by searches of MEDLINE and CINAHL and were included if at least one primary author was a nurse, the primary informants were children, and the focus of the study was on children’s responses to illness and/or developmental stressors. Synthesis of the reviewed studies yielded typologies of illness-related and developmental stressors faced by chronically ill children, the coping strategies they commonly employed, and indices of their adjustment to illness. Although there was considerable agreement across illnesses, age ranges, and methodologies, the lack of explicitly employed developmental models or other theoretical perspectives means that very little is known about the processes by which individual characteristics, stressors, coping strategies, and outcomes are related. Recommendations for future research include the development and testing of conceptual models that will promote our understanding of how children’s medical, psychosocial, and developmental outcomes can be improved, and a more systematic approach to understanding how children’s maturing cognitive abilities affect their appraisal of stress and utilization of coping strategies in response to the demands of chronic illness.

Modern Models of Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability as Viewed Through the Prism of Lewin’s Field Theory: A Comparative Review

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanoch Livneh ◽  
Malachy Bishop ◽  
Tina M. Anctil
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Psychosocial Adaptation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
Comparative Review ◽  
Main Components

Purpose: In this article, we describe how four recent models of psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness and disability (CID) could be fruitfully conceptualized and compared by resorting to the general framework of Lewin’s field theory—a theory frequently regarded as a precursor and the primary impetus to the development of the field of somatopsychology.Method: Based on a comprehensive literature review and theoretical integration, we have provided the reader with a brief review of Lewin’s field theory and its applications to rehabilitation and psychosocial adaptation to CID, highlighted the main components of the four models of psychosocial adaptation to CID, and reviewed the models through the theoretical lens of Lewin’s theory.Results: Lewin’s field theory provides a robust and viable theory to conceptualize psychosocial adjustment for CID. Research and clinical implications to practicing rehabilitation counselors and researchers based on the conceptual and practical synergy formed through the understanding of psychosocial adaptation to CID within Lewin’s theoretical framework have also been provided.Conclusions: Lewin’s field theory provides a theoretical framework for understanding research and clinical implications related to psychosocial adaptation for individuals with CID.

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