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Correlates of coping style in patients with multiple sclerosis

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Suite 410, Rogers Building, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA

Karen A Hames

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Suite 410, Rogers Building, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA

Carlos R Blanco

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Suite 410, Rogers Building, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA

Sandra J Williamson

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Suite 410, Rogers Building, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA

Susan L Wilbanks

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Suite 410, Rogers Building, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA

Karen A Olson

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Suite 410, Rogers Building, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA

To examine certain correlates of patterns of coping with stress, 43 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) read a vignette describing a stressful social situation and completed the Ways of Coping Checklist, describing how they would cope with the stressful situation. Performance on a test of solving problems in everyday living was positively correlated with the total number of coping responses and with the number of problem-focused strategies, but neither vocabulary nor verbal abstract reasoning were related to coping patterns. In agreement with earlier work, increases in psychological distress were positively correlated with endorsement of emotion-focused coping strategies but unrelated to the use of other coping responses.

Key Words: psychological distress • abstraction • everyday problem solving • spirituality • ways of coping

Multiple Sclerosis, Vol. 4, No. 5, 440-443 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/135245859800400507


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