The Validity of Emotional Control as a Trait in Breast Cancer Patients

Pettingale, K. W.; Watson, Maggie; Greer, Steven

doi:10.1300/j077v02n03_02

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“…Using the STATA software (Stata Corporation, College Station, TX), proportional hazards models, 39 which adjusted standard errors and 95% CIs for possible intrapair correlations of the twin data, were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) of breast cancer according to predetermined categories of extroversion (low, scores 0 -2; intermediate, 3-6; high, 7-9), 40 [11][12][13][14][15]. 32,33 All analyses were adjusted for age (continuous variable).…”

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“…The hostility scale was factor-analytically constructed and included 3 items (irritability, ease of anger arousal and argumentativeness), each rated on a 5-point scale. 32 Responses to the items were summed to yield a total score (range [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. This scale measures persisting disposition to experience anger and hostility and the tendency to behave in a hostile manner.…”

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Personality characteristics and the risk of breast cancer: A prospective cohort study

Lillberg

Verkasalo²,

Kaprio

et al. 2002

Intl Journal of Cancer

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Section: Assessment Of Extroversion Type a Behaviour And Hostilitymentioning

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Personality characteristics and the risk of breast cancer: A prospective cohort study

Lillberg

Verkasalo²,

Kaprio

et al. 2002

Intl Journal of Cancer

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“…Scores can be summed across emotions to yield an overall measure of emotional control. The CECS (particularly the anger scale) has been shown to be largely free of social desirability response bias (Watson & Greer, 1983), and responses to the items have been validated against behavioural data derived from a stress manipulation paradigm (Pettingale, Watson, & Greer, 1984).…”

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Adult attachment and emotional control

Feeney

1995

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The connection between attachment style and affect regulation, proposed by attachment theorists, was explored in the context of long‐term dating relationships. Seventy‐two couples completed questionnaire measures of attachment (using a four‐group forced‐choice item, together with scales tapping Comfort with closeness, and Anxiety over relationships) and emotional control (in which subjects rated own and partner's control of anger, sadness, and anxiety, and the extent to which partners wanted them to control these emotions). Couples in which both partners endorsed insecure attachment styles (using the forced‐choice measure) reported greater emotional control than did couples with two secure partners. Data from the attachment scales also supported the link between insecure attachment and emotional control: Comfort with closeness was negatively related both to one's own emotional control and to perceptions that partners wanted subjects to control their sadness; Anxiety over relationships was associated with perceptions that partners controlled sadness and wanted subjects to control their anger and sadness. The link between insecure attachment and the control of negative emotion remained significant when the frequency of experiencing such emotion was controlled. The association between attachment dimensions and other responses to negative emotions was also explored, and was consistent with attachment theory.

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“…Emotional control is a characteristic of emotion regulation, which was proposed as a crucial psychological variable able to affect somatic health (Pauls, ; Pettingale, Watson, & Greer, ). In this context, emotional control is understood as the tendency to hide and bottle up emotional states rather than expressing them (Gross & Levenson, ).…”

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Emotional Control, Styles of Coping with Stress and Acceptance of Illness among Patients Suffering from Chronic Somatic Diseases

et al. 2013

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The purpose of this study was to analyse the associations of emotional control with sociodemographic and clinical variables in a sample of patients with a range of chronic somatic diseases. The relationships between emotional control, coping styles and adjustment to the disease were investigated. The sample consisted of 300 patients with the mean age of 54.60 ± 17.57 years. Courtauld Emotional Control Scale was used to measure the patients' tendency to suppress negative emotions, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations was used to measure coping styles and Acceptance of Illness Scale was applied to determine adjustment to the disease. Patients with neurological conditions showed significantly lower suppression of anger. Levels of emotional control were found to be related to gender, age and educational level but not to the place of residence. Task-oriented style of coping with stress correlated positively with suppression of depression and anxiety, whereas acceptance of illness correlated negatively with suppression of anger. Levels of emotional control are only weakly related to the type of diagnosis; however, some clinical samples may show lower suppression of anger. Suppression of negative emotions is weakly related to adjustment indicators such as certain coping styles and acceptance of illness.

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The Validity of Emotional Control as a Trait in Breast Cancer Patients

Cited by 45 publications

References 18 publications

Personality characteristics and the risk of breast cancer: A prospective cohort study

Personality characteristics and the risk of breast cancer: A prospective cohort study

Adult attachment and emotional control

Emotional Control, Styles of Coping with Stress and Acceptance of Illness among Patients Suffering from Chronic Somatic Diseases

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