“…There are several variables that have been shown to influence the coping styles of PICs such as the level of prior knowledge of the patient's problem (Graham, Ballard, & Sham, 1997), the social support desired and perceived by the PIC (Brügger, Jaquier, & Sottas, 2016;Kuscu et al, 2009), the stage of the disease in question (Brügger et al, 2016), and the presence of episodes of violence generated by the patient (Onwumere et al, 2014). The influence of ethnic and cultural differences in many psychological variables is widely known, among which can be found various coping styles (Demianczyk et al, 2014).…”