Personality traits and health-related quality of life: the mediator role of coping strategies and psychological distress

Pereira-Morales, Angela J.; Adán, Ana; López-Léon, Sandra; Forero, Diego A.

doi:10.1186/s12991-018-0196-0

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“…While task‐oriented coping strategies may be the most adaptive in times of stress, they are often not salient or available, so emotion‐oriented coping may be utilized to provide a sense of emotional release or outlet on a short‐term basis. However, it often fails to alleviate long‐term stress or promote necessary change, decreasing overall quality of life . These results align with current understanding of how women with BPD are often found to present with more internalizing symptoms of emotion dysregulation and may perhaps also lend to some speculation about how women with BPD use emotion‐oriented coping in social contexts.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…Coping is a set of overt and covert strategies employed to deal with stressful situations and manage the emotional consequences . Coping styles have been conceptualized as distinct strategies that people use when faced with stressors: task‐oriented coping (direct problem solving), emotion‐oriented coping (rumination, increased negative affect, self‐blame and emotional displays like crying) and avoidance‐oriented coping (minimizing, denying or circumventing stressful situations).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Coping styles have been conceptualized as distinct strategies that people use when faced with stressors: task‐oriented coping (direct problem solving), emotion‐oriented coping (rumination, increased negative affect, self‐blame and emotional displays like crying) and avoidance‐oriented coping (minimizing, denying or circumventing stressful situations). Avoidance‐oriented coping can be further subdivided into distraction (solo) and social diversion (with others).…”

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Social role dysfunction and coping in borderline personality disorder

Carlson

Cox

Kealy

et al. 2020

Personality & Mental Health

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Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often experience deficits in social role functioning, which encompasses the ability to adhere to socially defined rules and norms of behaviour. Additionally, research suggests that coping styles influence the way individuals with BPD manage stress and that symptom presentation and functioning in individuals with BPD vary across genders. This study sought to explore these variables via moderated mediation, investigating the mediating influence of coping styles on the association between BPD symptoms and social role dysfunction and if these associations were further moderated by gender. Participants (N = 233) were outpatients attending a programme for personality dysfunction. Participants completed measures of BPD symptoms, coping styles and social role dysfunction. Moderated mediation indicated that for women, emotion-oriented coping and social diversion-oriented coping mediated the association between BPD symptoms and social dysfunction. While BPD symptoms were positively associated with emotion coping, which was positively associated with social role dysfunction, BPD symptoms were negatively associated with social diversion coping, which was negatively associated with social role dysfunction. For men, coping did not mediate the association between BPD symptoms and social role dysfunction. Our findings may indicate that social support and a healthy social network may play an important part in the ongoing social role functioning of women with BPD. From this, potential early therapeutic interventions targeting safe social engagement in times of stress may decrease the pervasive and persistent nature of social dysfunction in BPD.

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Social role dysfunction and coping in borderline personality disorder

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Kealy

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“…The current study analyzed a sample of 251 young adults, living in Bogotá, Colombia (17,18). All participants signed a written informed consent and the study was approved by the institutional ethics committee (Universidad Antonio Nariño).…”

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“…CISS-SF items exemplify different ways of coping in a stressful situation. It has been previously used in the Spanish language (18) (Labnet International Inc, Edison, NJ, USA). PCR products were separated in a 2% agarose gel, and stained with SYBR Safe (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA).…”

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Association Between a Functional Polymorphism in the MAOA Gene and Both Emotional Coping Style and Neuroticism

López-Léon¹,

Forero

Adán

2019

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Objective: Identification of genetic risk factors for major depressive disorder (MDD) represents a major challenge around the world. Molecular studies of endophenotypes associated with MDD, such as personality traits and coping, are useful for the identification of candidate genes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible association between a functional polymorphism in the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene and scores in coping and neuroticism in young adults.Results: A sample of 251 healthy young participants from Colombia were evaluated with the short forms of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS-SF) and the Big Five Inventory (BFI-S) and genotyped for MAOA-VNTR polymorphism. A statistically significant association of the functional MAOA-VNTR for scores in both emotion-oriented coping and neuroticism was found. Individuals carrying the 4 allele (3/4 or 4/4 genotypes) had higher scores for both emotion-oriented coping and neuroticism than individuals with a 3/3 genotype. Our results are the first description about a significant association between a functional polymorphism in the MAOA gene and coping and add evidence to the association of this gene with neuroticism. Our findings support the hypothesis of a broad effect of the MAOA gene on several dimensions of human behavior of psychiatric relevance.

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Observations Regarding the Detection of Abnormal Findings Following a Cancer Screening Whole‐Body MRI in Asymptomatic Subjects: The Psychological Consequences and the Role of Personality Traits Over Time

Conti,

Mazzoni,

Marzorati

et al. 2024

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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BackgroundThe use of whole‐body MRI (WB‐MRI) in oncology has uncovered frequent unexpected abnormal findings (AFs). However, the impact of AFs on the patients' mental well‐being is still poorly examined.PurposeTo investigate the long‐term psychological consequences of AF detection following WB‐MRI for cancer screening in asymptomatic individuals.Study TypeProspective, longitudinal.Population121 consecutive subjects of the general population (mean age = 52.61 ± 11.39 years; 63% males) scheduled for cancer screening by WB‐MRI.Field Strength/Sequence1.5‐T and 3‐T; protocol complied with Oncologically Relevant Findings Reporting and Data System (ONCO‐RADS) guidelines.AssessmentParticipants completed the first psychological investigation (T0) immediately after the WB‐MRI. Subsequently, it was repeated after 1‐year (T1), and 4‐years (T2, subgroup of 61 participants) without an MRI exam, assessing personality traits, tumor risk perception, quality of life, depressive, and anxious symptoms. Radiologists directly reported WB‐MRI findings to the participants, explaining the clinical implications and the location of the AFs. The number and severity of AFs were assessed.Statistical TestsPearson's correlations and analysis of variance with repeated measures assessed the psychological health variables' relationship and their changes over time. A P‐value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsAll participants presented AFs, with 101 individuals categorized as ONCO‐RADS 2 and 19 as ONCO‐RADS 3. The AFs were most prevalent in bones (31.5%). The overall participants showed only a slight increase in depressive symptoms at T1 [F(1,112) = 7.54]. The severity and the number of AFs were not significantly related to psychological changes [ranging from P = 0.503 to P = 0.997]. Depressive and anxious symptoms over time were significantly affected by the traits of conscientiousness [T1: F(1,112) = 7.87; T2: F(1.708,90.544) = 3.40] and openness [T1: F(1,112) = 4.41].Data ConclusionDisclosing AFs by WB‐MRI exams for cancer screening may not lead to long‐term psychosocial consequences. Certain personality traits may, however, influence the psychological distress experienced by individuals with AFs after WB‐MRI exams.Level of Evidence2.Technical EfficacyStage 5.

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Personality traits and health-related quality of life: the mediator role of coping strategies and psychological distress

Cited by 28 publications

References 55 publications

Social role dysfunction and coping in borderline personality disorder

Social role dysfunction and coping in borderline personality disorder

Association Between a Functional Polymorphism in the MAOA Gene and Both Emotional Coping Style and Neuroticism

Observations Regarding the Detection of Abnormal Findings Following a Cancer Screening Whole‐Body MRI in Asymptomatic Subjects: The Psychological Consequences and the Role of Personality Traits Over Time

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