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- Title
Maladaptive Emotion Regulation is Related to Distressed Personalities in Cardiac Patients.
- Authors
Messerli‐Bürgy, Nadine; Barth, Jürgen; Känel, Roland; Schmid, Jean‐Paul; Saner, Hugo; Znoj, Hansjörg
- Abstract
Background Cardiac patients with Type D ('distressed') personality perceive more stress. It is unclear to what extent Type D personality might represent deficits in emotion regulation that are known to play an important role in the development of mental disorders. This study evaluated the relationship between emotion regulation and Type D personality and assessed the influence of mood and stress on Type D. Methods Emotion regulation, mood, perceived stress and Type D personality were assessed in 163 cardiac patients. Results Maladaptive emotional regulation was more pronounced in Type D patients. Depressed mood and perceived partner-related stress were higher in patients with Type D than in those with Non-Type D. Regression models revealed a stronger association between emotion regulation and Type D personality (odds ratio = 3.16; 95% confidence interval = 1.53, 6.54) than for depressed mood (odds ratio = 1.19; 95% confidence interval = 1.02, 1.38). Conclusion Patients with deficits in emotion regulation are more likely to have Type D personality. Deficits in emotion regulation might be an agent for future intervention studies to change Type D and its prognostic effect. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
SWITZERLAND; CORONARY disease; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; EMOTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY of cardiac patients; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY assessment; PERSONALITY tests; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SCALES (Weighing instruments); SELF-management (Psychology); PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; U-statistics; DATA analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Stress & Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 2012, Vol 28, Issue 4, p347
- ISSN
1532-3005
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/smi.2420