Positive and Negative Affect and Health Functioning Indicators among Older Adults with Chronic Illnesses

Hu, Jie; Gruber, Kenneth J.

doi:10.1080/01612840802182938

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“…These findings are congruent with previous studies that found positive affect was associated with higher pain self-efficacy, lower pain catastrophizing, and better health (Carver and Connor-Smith, 2010;Hu and Gruber, 2008;Pressman and Cohen, 2005). Since these individuals with positive affect are more likely to be confident in their own efforts in managing their pain, they may experience lower distress and higher quality of life.…”

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The influence of personality on reported pain and self-efficacy for pain management in older cancer patients

Krok

Baker

2013

J Health Psychol

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This study examines the relationship of personality traits and affect on cancer-related pain in 150 older adults receiving outpatient treatment at a comprehensive cancer center. Regression analyses revealed extraversion as a significant predictor of current pain, with openness to experience as a significant indicator of average pain. Similarly, positive affect and negative affect were significant predictors of self-efficacy for pain management. Moderation models showed that conscientiousness and extraversion were significant moderators in the relationship between self-efficacy for pain management and worst pain. These findings suggest that different personality types may influence perceptions of pain severity.

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The influence of personality on reported pain and self-efficacy for pain management in older cancer patients

Krok

Baker

2013

J Health Psychol

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“…Even though the path models made assumptions about the direction of relationships between constructs, the cross sectional nature of this study makes inferences of causal relationships inappropriate. In addition, other health-related psychosocial factors not included in this study, such as anxiety, depression (Fava et al, 2011), and negative affect (Hu & Gruber, 2008), could have been associated with the psychosocial factors and illness behavior examined in this study.…”

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The Combined Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Illness Behavior Among Women

Thomas

Borrayo

2014

Women & Health

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Distinctions in illness behavior for women, such as use of health services, may result from gender-specific biological risks for disease but could also be explained by the relationships among social, psychological, and behavioral factors. The purpose of this study was to determine if illness behavior in women might be related to associations among social support satisfaction, perceived health status, coping skills, and perceived stress. Data were collected November-December 2005 from 205 female college students through self-report using questionnaires. Structural equation modeling was used to test relationships among psychosocial factors. The final model revealed associations between psychosocial factors and illness behavior for women along two paths. First, high perceived stress and poor perceived health status were associated with more reported illness behavior. Second, greater use of total coping skills, greater social support satisfaction, and good perceived health status were associated with less reported illness behavior. Consideration of multiple health-related factors may provide a more complete picture of how psychosocial factors are related to illness behavior for women. Specifically, interactions among stress, coping, social support, and perceived health status may be important to women's health. Our results suggest that interventions should focus on skill-building and strategies to improve self-perception of health.

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“…As circunstâncias emocionais estão relacionadas com o funcionamento mental e físico. Verificou-se que em doenças crónicas (Hu & Gruber, 2008) que mais afeto positivo e menos afeto negativo estão associados com uma melhor saúde física e mental. Os resultados desta investigação não são consistentes em todos com estes resultados.…”

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Psychological Factors as Predictors of Adjustment to Life of People With Chronic Diseases

Vilhena¹,

Ribeiro²,

Silva³

et al. 2014

Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças

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___________________________________________________________________RESUMO-Doenças crónicas são de longa duração, de progressão lenta e induzem alterações na vida das pessoas, que são confrontadas com um conjunto de fatores que exercem um impacto negativo na sua qualidade de vida (QdV). A QdV é um conceito envolvendo componentes essenciais da qualidade humana: físicas, psicológicas, sociais, culturais e espirituais. Após o diagnóstico e com a doença estabilizada, os doentes procuram novas formas de lidar com esta. Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar fatores psicossociais preditivos (otimismo, afeto positivo e negativo, adesão aos tratamentos, suporte social e espiritualidade) da QdV (bem-estar geral, saúde física, saúde mental) e bem-estar subjetivo (BES) em pessoas com doenças crónicas. Amostra constituída por 774 indivíduos [30% diabetes, 27,1% cancro, 17,2% diabetes, 12% epilepsia, 11,5% esclerose múltipla e 2,2% miastenia, 70,5% do sexo feminino, idade M(DP) =42,9(11,6), educação M(DP) =9,6(4,7), anos diagnóstico M(DP) =12,8(9,7), classificação da doença M(DP)=6,6 (2,8)], recrutados nos hospitais centrais portugueses. Aplicando Modelos de Equações Estruturais e ajustando para variáveis sociodemográficas e clínicas, verificou-se que, pessoas mais otimistas, mais ativas e com uma melhor adesão aos tratamentos apresentam um melhor bem-estar geral, uma melhor saúde mental e um melhor bem-estar subjetivo; uma melhor adesão aos tratamentos contribui para uma melhor saúde física; melhor suporte social reflete-se numa melhor saúde mental; pessoas com mais espiritualidade apresentam uma melhor saúde física e uma melhor saúde mental. Estas conclusões contribuem para a definição de uma terapia que pode ajudar a uma melhor adaptação dos protocolos de tratamento para atender às necessidades dos doentes.

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Positive and Negative Affect and Health Functioning Indicators among Older Adults with Chronic Illnesses

Cited by 57 publications

References 45 publications

The influence of personality on reported pain and self-efficacy for pain management in older cancer patients

The influence of personality on reported pain and self-efficacy for pain management in older cancer patients

The Combined Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Illness Behavior Among Women

Psychological Factors as Predictors of Adjustment to Life of People With Chronic Diseases

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