Degree of life-threat and differential use of coping modes

Stage II breast cancer: Differences between four coping patterns in side effects during adjuvant chemotherapy

“…Results supported excellent construct validity [44]. It is notable that the MCMQ was designed to measure coping modes that are assumed to be more consistent than states and less consistent than personality traits [43]. This measure was selected because it queries patients for the thought patterns and behaviors we felt were best studied in the literature to date.…”

“…Responses are given on a four-point scale: (1) "All the time"; (2) "Frequently"; (3) "Sometimes"; and (4) "Never." Feifel and colleagues [43,44] report internal consistency reliability ratings as confrontive et=0.70, avoidance et=0.66, and acceptance-resignation ct=0.67. Construct validity data were obtained from personality measures, self-report data from the patients concerning their coping reactions to their illness, reports from the physicians treating the responding patients, and the report of the patient's spouses.…”

“…The Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ) is a 19-item, factor analytically derived questionnaire designed to assess coping pattern [43,44]. It provides scores on three subscales labeled "Confrontation," "Avoidance," and "Acceptance-resignation."…”

Evaluación de las alteraciones psicológicas y de la calidad de vida en pacientes con cáncer colorrectal localizado

“…Folkman y Lazarus (1988b) realizaron una nueva versión revisada se denominó Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WOC), donde resultaron 8 escalas: "Confrontación", "Distanciamiento", "Autocontrol", "Búsqueda de Apoyo Social", "Aceptación de Responsabilidades", "Evitación-Huida", "Planificación de Soluciones" y "Reevaluación Positiva". Cuya aplicación se extiende al afrontamiento en enfermedades crónicas (Felton, Revenson, y Hinrichsen, 1984), al igual que el Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ), destinado a evaluar la respuesta a dichas enfermedades (Feifel, Strack, y Nagy, 1987).…”

Variables affecting the reporting of pain following an acute myocardial infarction

“…A comparison of the coping responses used by patients with lifethreatening illnesses and those with non-life-threatening (NLT) illnesses was undertaken by Feifel, Strack, and Nagy (1987). The authors utilized the Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire to study the use of confrontation, avoidance, and acceptance-resignation in 223 men.…”