Relationships between Sense of Coherence, Coping Strategies and Quality of Life of Parents of Children with Autism in Malaysia: A Case Study among Chinese Parents

ABSTRACTBackground: Antonovsky's salutogenic model of the “Sense of Coherence” (SOC) is an important resource in dealing with chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate SOC as a psychological factor and its correlation with illness, subjective well-being, and health-related quality of life (QoL) in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) compared to patients with other chronic diseases.Methods: Fifty-one patients suffering from PD and 59 participants with other chronic non-neurological diseases took part in this study. The PD patients were assessed through medical routine examinations and all participants were asked to complete several questionnaires for psychological assessment. In order to compare controls with the PD group, t-tests, U-tests, and multivariate analysis were conducted. Multiple regression analysis was calculated to identify predictor variables.Results: Patients with PD were characterized by lower SOC and higher scores concerning depression compared to the control group (CG). Furthermore, the PD group showed fewer active coping strategies and lower scores concerning well-being. There were correlations between depression, coping, well-being and QoL, and SOC. The SOC had a particular predictive value with regards to the outcome “quality of life” and coping strategies.Conclusions: There are a number of differences regarding psychological characteristics of coping mechanisms in neurological and non-neurological patients. The SOC correlated with several psychological factors; however, there was no correlation with medical data. The SOC predicts scores pertaining coping mechanism and health-related QoL.

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Older caregivers? coping strategies and sense of coherence in relation to quality of life

Journal of Advanced Nursing ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03994.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 57 (6) ◽

pp. 584-596 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Anna Kristensson Ekwall ◽

Bengt Sivberg ◽

Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Sense Of Coherence ◽

Older Caregivers

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For fathers raising children with autism, do coping strategies mediate or moderate the relationship between parenting stress and quality of life?

Research in Developmental Disabilities ◽

10.1016/j.ridd.2014.10.047 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 36 ◽

pp. 620-629 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Latefa A. Dardas ◽

Muayyad M. Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Parenting Stress ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Raising Children ◽

The Relationship

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Estratégias de Coping utilizadas por uma Idosa: um estudo de caso

Estudos Interdisciplinares sobre o Envelhecimento ◽

10.22456/2316-2171.4776 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Luciana Ribeiro de Lara ◽

Mariza Da Silva Santos Finato ◽

Robson Zalula ◽

Vivian Senegalia Morete

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Personal Growth ◽

The Elderly ◽

Structure Interview ◽

Personal History ◽

Positive Relationships ◽

Semi Structure Interview

Resumo: Um estudo de caso foi realizado com o objetivo de obter informações sobre a qualidade de vida de uma idosa de sessenta anos, levando em consideração sua história pessoal, além da evolução de suas estratégias de coping. Buscou-se ainda identificar se as dimensões do modelo proposto por Freire (2000), tais como auto-aceitação, relações positivas com os outros, autonomia, domínio sobre o ambiente, propósitos de vida e crescimento pessoal, estiveram presentes em suas estratégias de enfrentamento de situações com as quais ela deparou-se em sua velhice e, para isso, foi realizada uma entrevista semi-estruturada. Ao final a análise de dados, evidenciou-se que o modelo proposto estava presente no envelhecimento da idosa, e esta se utiliza das melhores formas de enfrentamento possível. A idosa entrevistada demonstrou auto-aceitação; mantém relações positivas com a maioria das pessoas com as quais convive (marido, filhas, neta, genro, irmãs); é autônoma e mantém grande domínio do ambiente, principalmente o familiar; têm propósitos de vida, e reconhece que seus valores pessoais mudaram ao longo de sua vida. Palavras-chave: Qualidade de Vida. Envelhecimento. Coping. Abstract: This case study was accomplished with the objective to know about the quality of life of a female elderly with sixty years old. In this study was considering her personal history, beyond the evolution of her coping strategies. This paper was sought identify if all dimensions included in the model proposed by Freire (2000), just as positive relationships with the others, autonomy, domain on the environment, life purposes and personal growth, were been present in all coping strategies that the woman used in situations that she confronted in her aging and for this a semi-structure interview was recorded. In the end, it was evidenced that the It was evidenced that the model proposed was present in her aging, and the elderly woman used the best coping strategies. The Interviewee accept herself and her disease; has positive relationships with the most of people with she live together, just as husband, daughters, son-in-law, granddaughter and sisters She is autonomous and has a great domain in her environment; she has life purposes and recognize that her personal values changed during her life. Keywords: Quality of Life. Aging. Coping.

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