1200 – Coping strategies of depressive patients with stress

Abstract

IntroductionRecent researches on depression attach importance to the possibility of complex and reciprocal relations between stress and depression.AimThe purpose of this study is to compare the attitudes of coping with stress of patients with depression according to the healthy control group.MethodsThe sample of the study was composed of patients applying to psychiatry out-patient clinic of Bezmialem Vakif University Medicine Faculty Hospital (n=50) and healthy controls (n=50). Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I), Coping Strategies with Stress (COPE), Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory and Sociodemographic Data Form were applied to the participants.ResultsWhile scores of Positive reinterpretation and growth, Use of instrumental social support, Active coping, humor, Restraint and Planning subscales of the COPE were significantly higher in the control group, scores of Acceptance, Behavioral disengagement and Substance use subscales were significantly higher in the depression group.ConclusionsAs a result it could be argued that negative coping attitudes might be related to depressive disorder.

Male Nursing Students’ Social Appearance Anxiety and Their Coping Attitudes

“…Students aged 20–22 years had higher scores in behavioral disengagement, restraint, and substance use than those aged 17–19 years. Özarslan, Fıstıkçı, Keyvan, Uğurad, and Saygılı (2013) observed that these three attitudes were found more among depressive patients. This finding demonstrates that male students, especially in the youth stage, experience regression in their skills of planning, acting, and seeking solutions because of social appearance anxiety and loss of motivation, and this leads to behaviors of disengagement, restraint, and substance use.…”