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- Title
‘I was in control of it from the start’: A qualitative study of men’s experiences of positive adjustment following a heart attack.
- Authors
Smith, Fran; Rakhit, Roby; Banwell, Elizabeth
- Abstract
A qualitative design was used to explore the experience of positive adjustment following a heart attack. Ten men attending a cardiac rehabilitation programme completed in-depth semi-structured interviews. An overarching theme: ‘I was in control of it from the start’ emerged with six subthemes, relating to intrapersonal and interpersonal factors and processes. The subthemes reflected the importance of identifying controllable versus non-controllable factors and employing adaptive coping strategies.
- Subjects
MYOCARDIAL infarction; CONTROL (Psychology); ADAPTABILITY (Personality); PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; QUALITATIVE research; THEMATIC analysis; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Health Psychology, 2017, Vol 22, Issue 10, p1345
- ISSN
1359-1053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1359105315627000