Coping style and performance status in a group of oncological inpatients

• Autores: Chau, Cecilia, Morales Córdova, Hugo, Wetzell Espinoza, Micaela
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2002
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/3703
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/3703
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: health status; performance status; immuneglobulinic competence; stress; coping; cancer; life quality; psychoncology; heath psychology; personality; Estatus de salud; estatus performance; competencia inmunoglobulínica; estrés; afrontamiento; cáncer; calidad de vida; psiconcología; psicología de la salud; personalidad

The associations between coping styles, measured by COPE Test, dispositional version (Carver,Scheier and Weintraub, 1989), and Health Status inferred through a performance status, measured by Karnofsky's Index of Behavioral Performance are examined. The study focuses upon 28 oncological in patients. Positive moderate Pearson's correlations were found between these two variables in this correlational-descriptive study. These were interpreted in the following sense: the larger use of the style, the less health status among the scales suppression of competent activities, procrastination of coping, instrumental social support, focusing and releasing of emotions and behavioral disengagement. The active coping scale presented a negative correlationwith regard to Performance Status as a health measure.